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The Old Assyrian Limmu List
Artifact: Clay tablet
Provenience: Kültepe
Period: Old Assyrian (ca. 1950-1850 BC)
Current location: Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey (kt 92/k 0193)
Text genre, language: Literary; Akkadian
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Description: Until the discovery of the four manuscripts of the Old Assyrian eponym list putting the eponyms known from that period into sequence took enormous effort and has always been prone to insecurities. Manuscript A here is the most complete list of eponyms known so far and can as such be seen as key text for the understanding of Old Assyrian chronology. The personal names are put in different sections that mark the beginnings of the reigns of various Old Assyrian kings, starting with Irishum I and ending with eponyms assigned to the reign of Naram-Suen. (Klaus Wagensonner, University of Oxford)
Lineart: Veenhof 2003, fig. 1
Edition(s): Veenhof, K.R. 2003. The Old Assyrian List of Year Eponyms from Karum Kanish and its Chronological Implications. Ankara.
