Abstract
The appearance of an annual chronology from Old Assyrian records in the form of eponym lists, more than a decade ago, has had a significant impact on the quest to anchor early second millennium chronology. Old Assyrian specialists have produced a series of refinements to the list of eponyms (year names).1 The editors of the Revised Eponym List (REL) support a chronology of the early second millennium Bc that is close (or identical) to the Middle Chronology, and militates against the high, low, and ultra-low chronologies, based on the relation between archaeological stratigraphy, texts, and dendrochronological results from the Warsama palace at Kultepe.2 Since its appearance, a number of authors have proposed minor (but
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