Table A10: Foreign scholars at the court of Esarhaddon and Aššurbanipal

Title	Name (PNA no.)	Reign(s) attested	Notes; references not in PNA
dāgil isṣūrī	Isputu (6) = (2)?	E, 671	Name previously read Izbutu
	Na'di-Inurta (1)?	A, 666	Title may be incorrectly restored; may not be court scholar
	Palil-bani-ahhe (1)	E, 671
	Ubru-Issar	E, 671
dāgil iṣṣūrī(s)	Unknown	E, 672	SAA 10: 7 'of court and town'
dāgil iṣṣūrī(s) of Hamath	Unknown	E	SAA 16: 8; may not be court scholars but letter is from king
harṭibi	[...]-gurši	E, 671	Name given in the personnel list SAA 7: 1
	Raʾsi (1)	E, 671
	Ṣi-hu (2)	E, 671	Name previously read Ṣihu
muṣurayu	Huru (1)	E, 671
	Huru-waṣi (3)	E, 671	Name previously read Huruaṣu
	Nimuraiu or Nihuraiu (1)	E, 671	Name previously read Nimmurau
Captive Babylonian	Balaṭu (4)	E, c.670	For the dating see Parpola (1970–83: II 458; 1972: 33)
	Bel-ahu-iddina (7)	E, c.670	Name also read Bel-aha-iddina
	Bel-epuš (9) = (5)?	E, c.670	Bel-epuš (5) is an āšipu at Esarhaddon's court listed in the same document as Naṣiru (2); see Table A6
	Bel-ušezib (2)	E, c.670
	Iddin-ahhe (5)	E, c.670
	Kudurru (6) = (12)?, son of Šamaš-ibni, sheikh of Bit-Dakkuri	E, c.670	Parpola (1972: 33) equates these two individuals
	Kunaia (2)	E, c.670	Name also read Kunaya
	Marduk-šarrani (4)	E, c.670
	Nabu-šar-ahhešu (4)	E, c.670
	Naṣiru (3) = (2)	E, c.670	Naṣiru (2) is an āšipu at Esarhaddon's court listed in the same document as Bel-epuš (5); see Table A6
	Inurta-gamil (1), son of the šandabakku of Nippur	E, c.670	Name also read as Ninurta-gimilli
	Pirʾu (1)	E, c.670	Name previously read Perʾu
	Remutu (11) = (9) and/or (10)?	E, c.670	Name previously read Remuttu. See Tables A9, A6 for Remutu (9) and (10).
	Sin-ahu-iddina (7)	E, c.670	Name also read Sin-aha-iddin
	Sulaia (4) = (2) = (3)?	E, c.670	Name also read Sulaya. Parpola (1972: 33) suggests that these three individuals should be equated.
	Ṣallaia (8)	E, c.670	Name also read Ṣallaya.
	Ša-Nabu-šu	E, c.670	SAA 11: 156. Maybe the chief eunuch, as he is 'checking on' Ukume's work.
	Šamaš-iddin(a)	E, c.670	SAA 11: 156
	Ukume	E, c.670	SAA 11: 156

* E = Esarhaddon; A = Ashurbanipal

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Eleanor Robson, 'Table A10: Foreign scholars at the court of Esarhaddon and Aššurbanipal', Ancient Knowledge Networks online, Eleanor Robson, 2019 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/cams/akno/assyrianscholars/a10foreignscholarsofesarhaddon/]