Ekur-zakir

Ekur-zakir was a Babylonian scribe and summoning priest . He was considered to be the founder of a traditional family of scribes who can be traced back to him in colophons in numerous astronomical texts.

literature

Otto Neugebauer : Astronomical Cuneiform Texts , Vol. I, London, 1955, p. 13.
Wilfred George Lambert : Ancestors, authors and canonicity , in Journal of Cuneiform Studies 11, 1957, p. 4. f.

personal data
SURNAME	Ekur-zakir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Babylonian scribe and conjuring priest
DATE OF BIRTH	between 10th century BC BC and 2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	between 10th century BC BC and 2nd century BC Chr.