Editing Nabonassar (section)

==Attestations and possible vituperative chronicle==

Nothing is known of his provenance or origin, although it appears he was a native [[Mesopotamian]]. His three predecessors were from the migrant [[Chaldea]]n tribes settled in the far south east of Babylonia since the 9th century BC. The ''[[Dynastic Chronicle]]''<ref group="i">The ''Dynastic Chronicle'' (ABC 18) vi 11.</ref> may have been composed during his reign as it records the succession of kings from the antediluvian era down to his immediate predecessor, [[Nabu-shuma-ishkun|Nabû-šuma-iškun]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=W. W. Hallo |year=1984–1985 |title=The Concept of Eras from Nabonassar to Seleucus |journal=[[Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society]] |page=149 |number=16/17}}</ref> It records that the "dynasty of [[Chaldea]] was terminated" (with Nabû-šuma-iškun) and "its kingship was transferred," but the remainder is lost. He may also have commissioned a vituperative chronicle<ref group="i">[https://www.livius.org/cg-cm/chronicles/cm/nabu-shuma-ishkun.html ''Chronographic document concerning Nabu-šuma-iškun''], excavation number W 22660/0, CM 52 in J. J. Glassner's "Chronique Mésopotamiennes," 1993, pp. 235–240.</ref> which vilifies his predecessor for his sacrilegious actions and the ''[[Chronicle of the Market Prices]]''<ref group="i">''Chronicle of the Market Prices'' (ABC 23), tablet BM 48498.</ref> which mentions the volatile costs of various commodities in reigns up until that of his predecessor. His name appears in the ''[[Eclectic Chronicle]]''<ref group="i">The ''Eclectic Chronicle'' (ABC 24), tablet BM 27859, r. 17.</ref> but the context has not been preserved.