Balasi

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Balasi was a Neo-Assyrian scribe, healer and personal teacher of the Crown Prince Aššur-bāni-apli . After he ascended the Assyrian throne, Balasi always remained a personal friend and favorite of the king. So far 35 letters from Balasi have been found which were found during excavations in Nineveh and which deal with questions about ašiputu (so-called magic) and asûtu (so-called medicine).

literature

  • Simo Parpola: Letters from Assyrian Scholars to the Kings Essarhaddon and Ashurbanipal , Vol. 1, Neukirchen-Vluyn, 1970, pp. 24-37.
  • Simo Parpola: Letters from Assyrian Scholars to the Kings Essarhaddon and Ashurbanipal , Vol. 2, Neukirchen-Vluyn, 1983, pp. 38-64.
  • Simo Parpola: Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars , Helsinki, 1993, pp. 29-48.
  • Hermann Hunger : Astrological Reports to Assyrian Kings , SAA VIII, Helsinki, 1992, pp. 47-58.
personal data
SURNAME Balasi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scribe, healer, teacher of Aššur-bāni-apli
DATE OF BIRTH 7th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 7th century BC Chr.