| Title | Name | Date | Context | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| āšipu | Rimut-Anu, son of Šamaš-iddin, descendant of Šangu-Ninurta | — | Owner of five tablets, including a list of diseases, written for him by Belu-kaṣir; arithmetical tables, written for him by Nadin(?); and a tablet of the omen series Sakikkû, metrological tables, and The Ašīpu's Handbook | SpTU 1, 43; 4, 152; 172; 174; 5, 231 |
| Šamaš-iddin, son of Nadin, descendant of Šangu-Ninurta | — | Owner of 13 scholarly tablets: four written for him by his son Anu-ikṣur (purification and anti-witchcraft rituals, medical recipes and the lexical list An = Anu) and others including further rituals and incantations medical recipes, and mathematical problems | SpTU 1, 44; 48; 59; 126; 3, 66; 69; 84; 100; 4, 127; 128; 5, 242; 254; and BagM 21, 483 | |
| āšipu (ṣehru) of Anu | Anu-ikṣur, son of Šamaš-iddin, descendant of Šangu-Ninurta | — | Owner or scribe of 24 tablets, including four written by him for Šamaš-iddin (purification and anti-witchcraft rituals, medical recipes and the lexical list An = Anu) and two written for him by his son Anu-ušallim (both tablets from standard omen series). The rest include more rituals and incantations; recipes, omens, and commentaries on them | SpTU 1: 28, 31, 32, 33, 38, 45, 47, 49, 50, 51, 56, 59, 60, 72, 83, 126; 2: 8; 3: 69, 90, 99; 4: 151; 5: 241, 242, 248 |
| (none) | Anu-ušallim, son of Anu-ikṣur, descendant of Šangu-Ninurta | — | Scribe of two tablets of omens for his father Anu-ikṣur | SpTU 3: 90; 4: 151 |
| Belu-kaṣir, son of Balaṭu | — | Scribe of a list of diseases for Rimut-Anu | SpTU 1: 43 | |
| Nadin(?) | — | Compiler of arithmetical tables for Rimut-Anu | SpTU 4, 174 |
Content last modified on 27 Dec 2019.
Eleanor Robson
Eleanor Robson, ' B8: Scholars of the Šangu-Ninurta family and their associates in late Achaemenid Uruk', Ancient Knowledge Networks online, Eleanor Robson, 2019 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/cams/akno/babylonianscholars/b8anguninurtafamilyofuruk/]
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