Table B7: Scholars of Late Babylonian Borsippa, Der, Kutha and Nippur

City Title Name Date Context Sources
Der āšipu of Ištaran Anu-eriba(?), son of Ištaran-banunu Owner of lexical commentary Mur-Gud, written for him by Nidintu-Anu [1], found in Uruk SpTU 4: 185 (undated)
āšipu, ṭupšarru of Edimgal-kalama Anu-leʾi, son of Ištaran-bani-rube Owner of a balaggu-lament, written for him by Nidintu-Anu [2] 'Converse Tablet' (Lambert 1971)
kalû of Anu [...] Owner of an eršemma-lament, written for him by [...] of Edimgal-kalama Figulla 1959: no. 21 (undated)
kalû of Ištaran Nidintu-Anu [1], son of Ištaran-kabtu-ilani Scribe of lexical commentary Mur-Gud (undated) for Anu-eriba(?), found in Uruk; owner of an eršemma-lament SpTU 4: 185; Figulla 1959: no. 12 (undated)
Kutha āšipu Bel-apal-uṣur, son of Bel-balassu-iqbi 186 BC Died without issue, according to legal document Clay 1912: no. 88
Labaši, son of Nabu-naṣiršu, son of Nergal-uballiṭ 186 BC Inherits the āšipu Bel-apal-uṣur's land Clay 1912: no. 88
Nabu-naṣiršu, son of Nergal-uballiṭ 186 BC Father of the āšipu Labaši Clay 1912: no. 88
kalû Nabu-naṣir, son of Nabu-iddina 186 BC First witness to the āšipu Labaši's inheritance Clay 1912: no. 88
Nippur āšipu (ṣehru?) Ellil-belšunu, son of (Ninurta)-Naṣir, brewer (sīrāšû) of Ellil, descendant of Absumu the Sumerian (c.425–365 BC) Scribe of a list of Nippur deities involved in merdētu-ceremonies Durand 1979
āšipu ṣehru Ellil-belšunu, son of the brewer (sīrāšû) Ellil-napišta-uṣur, descendant of Gimil-Sin Owner of a commentary on the lexical series Ea Tablet 5, found in Uruk SpTU 2: 54 (undated)
kalû of Ellil Ellil-kaṣir, son of Ellil-šum-imbi Owner of a tablet of rituals for making a kettledrum, presumably found in Uruk TCL 6: 47 (undated)

Twelve further witnesses to Clay (1912: no. 88) are also said to be members of the kiništu of āšipus but, like Nabu-naṣir, they take other prebendary titles in this context.

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Eleanor Robson, 'Table B7: Scholars of Late Babylonian Borsippa, Der, Kutha and Nippur', Ancient Knowledge Networks online, Eleanor Robson, 2019 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/cams/akno/babylonianscholars/b7latebabnorth/]

 
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