Adad-šuma-uṣur (scribe)

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Adad-šuma-uṣur was a Neo-Assyrian scribe and personal ašipu of the kings Aššur-aḫḫe-iddina and Aššur-bāni-apli . He is best known from the Assyrian state archives , in which numerous of his letters and memoranda on medical and astrological topics were found. His son Urad-gula also became a well-known Assyrian scholar.

literature

  • Simo Parpola: Letters from Assyrian Scholars to the Kings Essarhaddon and Ashurbanipal I, Neukirchen-Vluyn, 1970, pp. 88-125.
  • Simo Parpola: Letters from Assyrian Scholars to the Kings Essarhaddon and Ashurbanipal II, Neukirchen-Vluyn, 1983, pp. 101–158.
personal data
SURNAME Adad-šuma-uṣur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scribe, scholar
DATE OF BIRTH 7th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 7th century BC Chr.