| Title | Name | Date | Context | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| āšipu | Iqišaya, son of Ištar-šum-ereš, descendant of Ekur-zakir | 322, 317 | Owner of 39 scholarly tablets, including three written for him by Anu-ab-uṣur (Sakikkû omens and commentaries on Enūma Anu Ellil): one by Anu-ah-iddin (Šumma Ālu omens) and nine by his son Ištar-šum-ereš (a hymn to Ištar; incantations and rituals, astrology, omens and commentaries). The others include astrological texts, incantations and rituals, a syllabary, omens ad commentaries. Subcontracts brewing prebend. | Scholarly texts: SpTU 1: 90; 2: 44; 4: 162 SpTU 2: 35; SpTU 2: 6, 37; 3: 97, 104; 4: 140, 147, 220; TCL 6: 34; Langdon 1915; BRM 4: 20; SpTU 1: 14, 80, 94, 96, 139; 2: 5, 18, 21, 25, 32, 34, 38, 43; 3: 65, 105, 4: 133, 150, 158, 159, 199; 5: 245, TCL 6: 9, 17, 50; prebendary contract: SpTU 1: 128+ [http://oracc.org/cams/gkab/P342426] |
| āšipu ṣehru | Bel-ah-iddin, descendant of Ekur-zakir | — | Copyist of Šumma Izbu omens for another member of the Ekur-zakir family and for Sin-[xxx]. | SpTU 3: 91; SpTU 1: 69 [http://oracc.org/cams/gkab/P348695,P348490] |
| (none) | Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Anu-mukin-apli, descendant of Kuri | 322 | Copyist of Sakikkû omens and two commentaries on Enūma Anu Ellil for Iqišaya; the first and last of these are dated 322 BC | SpTU 1, 90; 2, 44; 4, 162 |
| Anu-ah-iddin, son of Nidintu-Anu (no ancestral name) | — | Copyist of Šumma Ālu omens for Iqišaya | SpTU 2, 35 | |
| Balaṭu, son of [...], descendant of Ekur-zakir | — | Owner of a collections of birth omens | SpTU 5, 265 | |
| Ištar-šum-ereš, son of Iqišaya, descendant of Ekur-zakir | — | Copyist of nine tablets for his father (a hymn to Ištar; incantations and rituals, astrology, omens and commentaries) and owner of a further three rituals | SpTU 2: 6, 37; 3: 97, 104; 4: 140, 147, 220; TCL 6: 34; Langdon 1915; SpTU 2: 2; 4: 141; 5: 240 | |
| [...], son of Anu-ahhe-iddin, descendant of Gimil-Anu | — | Copyist of a collection of omens for Iqišaya | SpTU 4, 150 | |
| [...] | Copyist of a tablet (now damaged) for Iqišaya | SpTU 1, 139 | ||
| [...] | Copyist of rituals for a member of the Ekur-zakir family | SpTU 2, 9 |
Content last modified on 27 Dec 2019.
Eleanor Robson
Eleanor Robson, 'Table B9: Scholars of the Ekur-zakir family and their associates in early Hellenistic Uruk', Ancient Knowledge Networks online, Eleanor Robson, 2019 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/cams/akno/babylonianscholars/b9ekurzakirfamilyofuruk/]
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