Table A7: bārûs at the court of Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal

Title Name (PNA no.) Reign(s) attested* Notes; references not in PNA
rab bārî Marduk-šumu-uṣur (1) = (3) E, A Add SAA 8: 476, mis-classified as "astrological report" but containing no celestial content
Ninuaiu (10) A
rab bārî? Aqar-Aia (2) E Heads the bārûs in the personnel list SAA 7: 1
bārû of the crown prince [...]i, son of Marduk-šumu-uṣur? E, c.670 See SAA 10: 182 from the rab bārî's son, one [...]-i. As Parpola (1980–83: II 373) points out, this person may be Tabni, Bani or Zizi
At court: frequent Aššur-daʾʾin-šarru (1) A
Bel-ušallim (3) E, A
Dannaia or Dan-Aia (8), eunuch A, 652–650
Nabu-ušallim (9) E
Nadinu (8) E
Naṣiru (1) E-A
Šumaia E SAA 4: 5, 9, 12, 45, 59, 74, 76, 77, 152, 222, 228
Tabni E, A, 650? SAA 4: 3,18, [114], [122], 139, 185, 334; SAA 10: 177, 181.
At court: rare [Šarru?]-nuri A SAA 4: 287; maybe restore instead [Aia]-nuri and equate with Aia-[...] (5), co-author of SAA 8: 476 (not in fact an astrological report) with Marduk-šumu-uṣur (3)?
Balassu (11) E
Bani (7) E
Bel-epuš (6) from Babylon E
Bel-iqiša (4) E
Dari-šarru (5) A, 651
Ilu-iṣbatanni or Ilu-sabṭanni A, 650 Not in PNA. SAA 4: 334, son of [...]-bani so presumably not the eunuch Ilu-ṣabtanni of 672 BC in PNA.
Kaṣiru (1) A, undated
Marduk-šarru-uṣur (17) E
Marduk-šumu-ibni (1) E, undated
Nabu-ahhe-balliṭ (1) E, no date
Nabu-nadin-apli (2), son of Issar-duri? E, A
Nabu-šabši (4) E, no date
Nabu-šallim (8) E
Nergal-šarru-uṣur (32) A, 650
Šamaš-ṣabatanni, eunuch A SAA 4: 285
Šarrat-samma-ilaʾi A SAA 4: 279, 296; 10: 300
Saya (2) E
Sin-šarru-ibni (2) A
Sukinu (1) E
Zizi E, A SAA 4: 304, 331; SAA7: 1
Recommended; Assyrian refugee in Babylonia Aqar-Aia (3) E
Recommended? Nabu-taklak (7) E
Not at court: Babylonian rebel Nabu-ušabši (8) A, 653?
Not at court: Babylonia Aplaia or Apil-Aya (18) E

* E = Esarhaddon; A = Ashurbanipal

Content last modified on 27 Dec 2019.

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Eleanor Robson, 'Table A7: bārûs at the court of Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal', Ancient Knowledge Networks online, Eleanor Robson, 2019 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/cams/akno/assyrianscholars/a7brsofesarhaddon/]

 
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