Table B3: āšipus in scholarly colophons of the long sixth century

Title Name City Date Context Sources
āšipu Nanaya-apla-iddina, descendant of Dabibu Sippar Copies Tablet 2 of the myth Atra-hasis (found in Eʾulmaš) IM 124649, l. 118 (George and Al-Rawi 1996: 170)
Iddina-Nabu, son of Luhdu-Nabu Babylon Copyist of the ritual Mīs Pî, for deposit in Esangila (no recorded provenance) BM 45749, rev. 74 (Hunger 1968: no. 151; Walker and Dick 2001: 73)
Nabu-etel-ilani, descendant of Dabibu Babylon Owner of original tablet of Mīs Pî copied by Iddina-Nabu for deposit in Esangila (no recorded provenance) BM 45749, rev. 32 (Hunger 1968: no. 151; Walker and Dick 2001: 73)
Nergal-balassu-iqbi, son of Atamar-niši(?) Babylon Copyist of a šuʾillakku-prayer to Ištar, for deposit in Esangila (no recorded provenance) BM 26187, rev. 112 (Hunger 1968: no. 156; Zgoll 2003: 48, ms A)
Nabu-nadin-ahi, descendant of Arkat-ilani-damqa Borsippa Copyist of a learned commentary on star names for deposit in Ezida (no recorded provenance) 5R 46 1, rev. 62–3 (Hunger 1968: no. 135; Lenzi 2008: 68)
Bel-ahhe-eriba, son of Nabu-ina-teši-gimil Uruk Copyist of lexical list, with invocation to Ištar-of-Uruk, deposited in Eanna (no recorded provenance) AO 7661, rev. ii 46–7 (Thureau-Dangin 1922: no. 37; Hunger 1968: no. 106)
āšipu of Nippur Mušallim, son of Itti-Marduk-balaṭu Sippar/Nippur Dictates tablet of proverbs (found in Eʾulmaš) SL 5.C.4, ll. 24–5 (George and Al-Rawi 1998: 204)
šamallû, āšipu Itti-Marduk-balaṭu, son of Mušallim-Marduk, descendant of Šangu-parakki Uruk Copyist of two tablets of Sakikkû, both deposited in Eanna (no recorded provenance) AO 6678, rev. 32–3, A 3438, rev. 7–8 (Labat 1951: 186, 216; Hunger 1968: no. 108A–B; Heeßel 2000: 258)
šamallû, āšipu ṣehru Nabu-nebi-ana-ilani, son of Lasimu Babylon Copyist of medical recipes for deposit in Esangila (no recorded provenance) BM 78434, ll. 20–21 (Pinches 1963: no. 36; Hunger 1968: no. 157)
Bel-yaʾu Uruk Mentioned in colophon of scholarly tablet from Eanna (found in Eanna) VAT 14588, rev. 8' (Falkenstein 1931: no. 128; Hunger 1968: no. 78)
Ṣillaya, son of of Šu[...] Uruk Copyist of Tablet 52 of Šumma Ālu, from Eanna (found in Eanna) VAT 14591, rev. 4' (Falkenstein 1931: no. 131; Hunger 1968: no. 77)

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Eleanor Robson, 'Table B3: āšipus in scholarly colophons of the long sixth century', Ancient Knowledge Networks online, Eleanor Robson, 2019 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/cams/akno/babylonianscholars/b3neobabipus/]

 
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