ABC 1 (The Chronicle on the Reigns from Nabû-Nasir to Šamaš-šuma-ukin). Livius.org. Accessed on June 4, 2020. English translation was adapted from A.K. Grayson, Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles (1975) and Jean-Jacques Glassner, Mesopotamian Chronicles (Atlanta, 2004). Quote: "[i.27] On the twenty-fifth of the month Tebêtu, Šalmaneser in Assyria. [i.28] and Akkad ascended the throne. He ravaged Samaria. [i.29] The fifth year: Šalmaneser went to his destiny in the month Tebêtu. [i.30] For five years Šalmaneser ruled Akkad and Assyria. [i.31] On the twelfth day of the month Tebêtu, Sargon ascended the throne in Assyria."