Table B2: scholars in archival documents from the long sixth century

City	Title	Name	Date	Context	Sources
Babylon	(āšipus)	Bazuzu	510	Ten āšipus pay 'bow-land' tax to the city governor	BM 33954, obv. 2 (Abraham 2004: 82, 350–2, text 79)
	āšipu	Nadin	593	Receives grain rations as royal courtier (ša rēš šarri)	VAT 28220 (Pedersén 2005: 114, 122 N1:133; Jursa 2010b: 70)
Borsippa	(kalûs)	Nabu-ittannu	497	Pays an unspecified amount of silver as the kalûs' ilku-duty	BM 49254 (Zadok 2009: 240)
	kalû of Nabu	—	c.485	Gardening contract; unclear role; unpublishe	BM 29020 (Zadok 2009: 190 no. 196)
Larsa	kalû	Kidin-Marduk, son of Nabu-šuma-ukin, descendant of Eṭir	532	Made joint deposition to Ebabbar regarding mistimed eclipse ritual; no title given	Beaulieu and Britton 1994: 74
		Arad-Bunene, son of Gimillu, descendant of Kudurranu	532	Made joint deposition to Ebabbar regarding mistimed eclipse ritual; no title given	Beaulieu and Britton 1994: 74
		Nabu-kabti-ilani, son of Ina-qibi-Bel, descendant of Eppeš-ili	532	Made joint deposition to Ebabbar regarding mistimed eclipse ritual; no title given	Beaulieu and Britton 1994: 74
Sippar	rab asê	Tabneya, son of Šuma-ukin	602	unknown	unpublished tablet, Collection A. Smit 110, l. 26 (Bongenaar 1997: 155)
	asû	Širiktu	530s?	Receives 3 minas of silver	Strassmaier 1890a: no. 382, ll. 2–3 (Joannès 2006: 84)
	ša bīt asê	Bakua	—	Receives 1 gur of dates	Pinches 1982: no. 618, obv. 4–5 (Joannès 2006: 84)
	āšīpus	(unknown)	c.540	Crown prince Belshazzar despatches two āšipus (from royal court in Babylon?) to Ebabbar temple for ritual performance	Thompson 1906: no. 268 (Bongenaar 1997: 21)
	(āšipu)	Suqaya, son of Bakua	527	Receives grain representing the surplus of all the offerings for the first three months of the year 'of the festival of the temple for the ērib bīti and the āšipūtu prebend'; may be prebendary brewer rather than/as well as āšipu	Camb 236, obv. 5 (Strassmaier 1890b: no. 236; Bongenaar 1997: 159 n185, 288)
		Nidinti-Marduk, son of Šamaš-šuma-lišir, descendant of Ileʾʾi-Marduk	510	Leases out an āšipūtu prebend, presumably because of temporary incapacity; receives grain 'from all the offerings of the āšipu of Isin'	BM 42408, obv. 1 (Jursa 1999: 177); Pinches 1982: no. 236, obv. 2-4 (Jursa 1999: 74)
	bārû of Šamaš and Adad	Arad-Bel, son of Bel-eṭir	604	Six bārûs listed together in unclear context: damaged document	Ungnad 1908: no. 18 (Bongenaar 1997: 135)
		Iddina(?)-Marduk, son of Šumaya
		Itti-Šamaš-balaṭu, son of Bel-eṭir
		Nabu-bani-šumu, son of Zer-[...]
		Nabu-mušetiq-ṣiti, son of Balaṭu
		Tam...šu, son of Kudurru
	rab bārî	Aplaya	574	Pays tithe of barley and dates to Ebabbar	Nbk 234, obv. 2–3 (Strassmaier 1889: no. 234; Bongenaar 1997: 135)
Uruk	kalû of the Lady-of-Uruk	Arad-Nusku, son of Šamaš-šuma-iddin, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni	532	Made joint deposition to Eanna regarding mistimed eclipse ritual; also attested without titles 535–526 BC	Kümmel 1979: 132, 147; Beaulieu and Britton 1994: 76
		Nabu-zera-ušallim, son of Nabu-mukin-apli, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni:	532	Made joint deposition to Eanna regarding mistimed eclipse ritual; also attested without title in 527 BC	Kümmel 1979: 132 n171, 147; Beaulieu and Britton 1994: 76
		Širiktu, son of Šuma-ukin, descendant of Iddin-Amurru	532	Made joint deposition to Eanna regarding mistimed eclipse ritual	Kümmel 1979: 147; Beaulieu and Britton 1994: 76
	ṭupšarru, galamāhu	Šamaš-tabni-uṣur, son of Marduk-šapik-zeri, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni	532	Made joint deposition to Eanna regarding mistimed eclipse ritual; also attested without titles 535–at least 530 BC	Kümmel 1979: 125, 147; Beaulieu and Britton 1994: 76

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Eleanor Robson, 'Table B2: scholars in archival documents from the long sixth century', Ancient Knowledge Networks online, Eleanor Robson, 2019 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/cams/akno/babylonianscholars/b26thcentarchives/]