TABLE I.—Names of Assyrian Kings in the Inscriptions from Nineveh.

Conjectural reading.Where found.Approximate
Date of reign.
1.Derceto (R[260])
Divanurish (H)
Pavement Slab, (B. M. Series, p. 70, l. 25)1250 B. C.
2.Divanukha (R)Standard Inscription, Nimroud, &c.1200 B. C.
3.Anakbar-beth-hira (R)
Shimish-bal-Bithkhira (H)
Slabs from Temples in North of Mound of
Nimroud; Bavian tablets, &c.
1130 B. C.
Mardokempad (?) (R)
Mesessimordacus (?) (R)
A cylinder from Shereef-Khan
4.Adrammelech I. (R)Standard Inscription, Bricks, &c., from N. W.
Palace, Nimroud
1000 B. C.
5.Anaku Merodak (R)
Shimish Bar (H)
(Son of preceding)
Idem960 B. C.
6.Sardanapalus I. (R)
Ashurakhbal (H)
(Son of preceding)
Standard Inscription, Bricks, &c., from N. W.
Palace, Nimroud, Abou Maria, &c., &c.
930 B. C.
7.Divanubara (R)
Divanubar (H)
(Son of preceding)
Centre Palace, Nimroud; Obelisk; Bricks;
Kalah-Sherghat; Baashiekha
900 B. C.
8.Shamas Adar (R)
Shamsiyav (H)
Pavement Slab, Upper Chambers, Nimroud870 B. C.
9.Adrammelech II. (R)Idem840 B. C.
10.Baldasi (?) (H)Slab from the tunnel of Negoub
11.Ashurkish (?) (H)Idem
12.? Pul or Tiglath-PileserPavement Slab, and Slabs built into the S. W.
Palace, Nimroud
750 B. C.
13.SargonKhorsabad; Nimroud; Karamless, &c., &c.722 B. C.
14.Sennacherib
(Son of preceding)
Kouyunjik, &c.703 B. C.
15.Essarhaddon
(Son of preceding)
S. W. Palace, Nimroud; Nebbi Yunus;
Shereef-Khan
690 B. C.?
16.Sardanapalus III. (R)
Ashurakhbal (H)
(Son of preceding)
Kouyunjik; Shereef-Khan
17.(Son of preceding)S. E. Edifice, Nimroud
18.Shamishakhadon (?) (H)Black Stone, in possession of Lord Aberdeen

TABLE II.—Names of Kings, Countries, Cities, &c., mentioned in the Old Testament, which occur in the A Inscriptions.

Jehu,
Omri,
Menahem,
Hezekiah,
Hazael,
Merodach Baladan,
Pharoah,
Sargon,
Sennacherib,
Essarhaddon,
Dagon,
Nebo,
Judæa,
Jerusalem,
Samaria,
Ashdod,
Lachish,
Damascus,
Hamath,
Hittites (the),
Tyre,
Sidon,
Gaza,
Ekron,
Askelon,
Arvad,
Gubal (the people of),
Lebanon,
Egypt,
Euphrates,
Carchemish,
Hebar or Chebar (river),
Harran,
Ur,
Gozan (the people of),
Mesopotamia,
Children of Eden,
Tigris,
Nineveh,
Babylon,
Elam,
Shushan,
Media,
Persia,
Yavan,
Ararat,
Hagarenes,
Nabathæans,
Aramæans,
Chaldæans,
Meshek,
Tubal,
Assyria,
Assyrians,
Pethor,
Telassar.

TABLE III.—Names of Thirteen Great Gods of Assyria, as they occur on the upright tablet of the King, discovered at Nimroud.

1. Asshur, the King of the Circle of the Great Gods.

2. Anu, the Lord of the Mountains, or of Foreign Countries.

3.(?) [Not yet deciphered.]

4. San.