The Scribe’s Imprint: IÅ¡tar-Å¡umu-Ä“reÅ¡ and the Formation of Ashurbanipal’s Library
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Cohen, Sophie
Date published
November 30, 2024
Abstract
This study sheds new light on IÅ¡tar-Å¡umu-Ä“reÅ¡, the chief scribe of Ashurbanipal, through an examination of his colophons. A systematic analysis of the Nineveh colophons has provided new insights into IÅ¡tar-Å¡umu-Ä“reÅ¡’s work beyond what is known from the royal letters. His tablets, which derive from two different periods of his life, reveal some of his activities in different contexts, including the so-called “Ashurbanipal’s Library”. This research therefore helps us to understand how an important but hitherto largely anonymous corpus came into being.
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Reading the Library of Ashurbanipal: a multi-sectional analysis of Assyriology's foundational corpus
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| Funder name | Awards |
Arts and Humanities Research Council and DFG (German Research Foundation) | AH/T012773/1 |
Journal title
KASKAL
Publisher
Edizioni Ca Foscari
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5235-1939
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