Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia, Volume 1: Historical Records of Assyria from the Earliest Times to Sargon

Traditional

Translated by Daniel David Luckenbill

117 chapters · about 6 h

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The opening

I. ITITI

18. Ititi, the ruler, son of Iakulaba, with fervent prayer, to Ishtar has erected (this stele).

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About this edition

The words
Daniel David Luckenbill's English translation, copied word for word.
Left out
  • Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 5 places
  • The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
  • A preface, foreword or afterword, in 4 places
  • The scanning library's mark “oi.uchicago.edu” at the head of each page (287 blocks)
  • Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 2 places
  • Luckenbill's table of the Balawat bronze bands (band, date, region, places, parallel texts; restorable) (20 blocks)
  • Other material that isn't the author's
  • Printer's line “PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.” at the end of the volume