| 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.
Content last modified on 27 Dec 2019.
Eleanor Robson
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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