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Chronicle of the Market Prices

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with reference BM 48498 (81-11-3, 1209) where only the left-hand side (6.5 x 3 cm) of a medium sized tablet remains. The surface is heavily worn, especially on the reverse, and the bottom is also broken off, consequently leaving a gap in the middle of the narrative. The text is subdivided into
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and one whose name begins Marduk-, of whom there is a surfeit of potential candidates following Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur I but none following Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur II. Historian A. K. Grayson favors identification with the earlier two of the homonymous monarchs.
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Chronicle laconically recording the cost of various commodities from the beginning of the second until the early-mid first millennium BC. The moniker is a modern designation as it had no colophon to identify it in antiquity.
140:) were in widespread use as commodities for exchange from the earliest of times. Their sequence follows that of the astronomic diaries, which also include 73:, which seem to have begun immediately after this period, as it shares their phraseology. Other kings whose names are discernible include 256: 268: 288: 70: 293: 239:
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90: 93:(neither king reigned that long, unless Marduk-apla-iddina II's eight-year interregnum is included), 86: 50:
sections of uneven length apparently devoted to different reigns and ends halfway down the reverse.
24:, its first publishing, and Mesopotamian Chronicle 50: “Chronicle of Market Prices” in Glassner’s 283: 98: 66: 94: 62: 42: 145: 69:(c. 748 BC), it seems to have been compiled as a prologue to the pricing quoted in the 46: 277: 208:
Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie: Klagegesang – Libanon
141: 117: 78: 53:
Providing a brief résumé of commodity prices from sometime prior to the reign of
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A. K. Grayson (1984). "Königslisten und Chroniken". In D. O. Edzard (ed.).
149: 125: 106: 225:. Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. pp. 251–252. 133: 152:
whose economic significance developed in the first millennium.
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Materials and Studies for Kassite History, Vol. I (MSKH I)
195:. Society of Biblical Literature. pp. 294–297. 221:J. A. Brinkman (1976). "Marduk-apla-iddina I". 8: 237:Andrew W. Lo, Jasmina Hasanhodzic (2011). 180:. J. J. Augustin. pp. 60–62, 178–179. 20:, designated "Chronicle 23" in Grayson’s 255:Chronicle of Market Prices (ABC 23) at 161: 41:It is known from a single fragmentary 171: 169: 167: 165: 65:) until a period possibly as late as 7: 210:. Walter De Gruyter. pp. 88–89. 269:Chronology of the ancient Near East 241:. John Wiley & Sons. p. 6. 178:Assyrian and Babylonian chronicles 22:Assyrian and Babylonian chronicles 14: 71:Babylonian astronomical diaries 191:Jean-Jacques Glassner (2004). 1: 105:The main products mentioned, 310: 45:era copy, now held in the 18:Chronicle of Market Prices 289:Mesopotamian chronicles 193:Mesopotamian Chronicles 26:Mesopotamian Chronicles 176:A. K. Grayson (1975). 59:ana tar-ṣi Am-mu-ra-pĂ­ 87:Marduk-apla-iddina I 95:NabĂ»-kudurrÄ«-uṣur I 61:, c. 1728–1686 BC, 139: 131: 123: 112: 83:twenty-first year 301: 243: 242: 234: 228: 226: 218: 212: 211: 203: 197: 196: 188: 182: 181: 173: 137: 129: 121: 110: 63:short chronology 309: 308: 304: 303: 302: 300: 299: 298: 274: 273: 265: 252: 247: 246: 236: 235: 231: 220: 219: 215: 205: 204: 200: 190: 189: 185: 175: 174: 163: 158: 67:NabĂ»-šuma-iškun 39: 12: 11: 5: 307: 305: 297: 296: 291: 286: 276: 275: 272: 271: 264: 261: 260: 259: 251: 250:External links 248: 245: 244: 229: 213: 198: 183: 160: 159: 157: 154: 47:British Museum 38: 35: 28:is an ancient 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 306: 295: 292: 290: 287: 285: 282: 281: 279: 270: 267: 266: 262: 258: 254: 253: 249: 240: 233: 230: 224: 217: 214: 209: 202: 199: 194: 187: 184: 179: 172: 170: 168: 166: 162: 155: 153: 151: 147: 144:/cuscuta and 143: 135: 127: 119: 115: 108: 103: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 80: 76: 72: 68: 64: 60: 56: 51: 48: 44: 36: 34: 31: 27: 23: 19: 294:Clay tablets 238: 232: 222: 216: 207: 201: 192: 186: 177: 113: 104: 82: 58: 52: 40: 30:Mesopotamian 25: 21: 17: 15: 75:Kurigalzu I 278:Categories 156:References 55:Ḫammu-rapÄ« 284:Babylonia 122:ZĂ™.LUM.MA 263:See also 150:cardamom 130:Ĺ E.GIĹ .ĂŚ 43:Seleucid 37:The text 142:mustard 257:Livius 132:) and 126:sesame 107:barley 81:, the 227:R.5.1 146:cress 118:dates 134:wool 16:The 138:SĂŤG 124:), 116:), 114:-im 97:or 89:or 85:of 77:or 280:: 164:^ 111:Ĺ E 99:II 91:II 79:II 148:/ 136:( 128:( 120:( 109:( 57:(

Index

Mesopotamian
Seleucid
British Museum
Ḫammu-rapī
short chronology
Nabû-šuma-iškun
Babylonian astronomical diaries
Kurigalzu I
II
Marduk-apla-iddina I
II
Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur I
II
barley
dates
sesame
wool
mustard
cress
cardamom




Livius
Chronology of the ancient Near East
Categories
Babylonia
Mesopotamian chronicles
Clay tablets

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