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The same chronicle states the length of a reign directly: 'For twenty-one years Nabopolassar had been king of Babylon', that he died on the 8th of Ab, and that Nebuchadnezzar took the throne on the first day of Elul.

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Explicit statement · 1956 Verified

The same chronicle states the length of a reign directly: 'For twenty-one years Nabopolassar had been king of Babylon', that he died on the 8th of Ab, and that Nebuchadnezzar took the throne on the first day of Elul. Chronicles of Chaldaean Kings (626-556 B.C.) in the British Museum, 1956

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Chronicles of Chaldaean Kings (626-556 B.C.) in the British Museum, “Transliteration and translation of B.M. 21946, obverse lines 9-11”

1956 · p.69 · D. J. Wiseman · The Trustees of the British Museum, London

“For twenty-one years Nabopolassar had been king of Babylon. On the 8th of the month of Ab he died (lit. 'the fates'); in the month of Elul Nebuchadrezzar returned to Babylon and on the first day of the month of Elul he sat on the royal throne in Babylon.”

The chronicle itself states the length of Nabopolassar's reign and the day on which Nebuchadnezzar II took the throne, immediately before describing his accession-year campaign.

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Confidence note. Read in the ETANA PDF on 19 September 2026; running head 'TRANSLITERATION AND TRANSLATION 69'. Wiseman's note to line 11 compares this date with dated contract tablets from Sippar.

Scan provenance. Full scan of the British Museum volume hosted by ETANA (Electronic Tools and Ancient Near Eastern Archives), an academic digital-library consortium. Copyright the Trustees of the British Museum, 1956.

Corroborated by. src-chr-e-oracc-adadguppi-i29, src-chr-e-pd-1942-p9-10-transitions

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-chr-e-wiseman-1956-p69-accession

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