Nuzi apprenticeship contracts (original) (raw)

2018, Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis - Series Archaeologica

A search of the Nuzi texts for tablets referring to apprenticeships has produced five tablets. The professions concerned are the “profession of a weaver” (išparūtu, JEN 572, HSS XIX 44), the “trade of a barber” (gallābūtu, EN 9/3, 87), the “trade of a smith” (nappāḫūtu, HSS XIX 59), and the trade about which a “silver smith” (nappāḫu ša KÙ.BABBAR, EN 9/1, 257) would have instructed his apprentice. These four contracts will be examined and compared with the Neo- and Late Babylonian apprenticeship contracts. 􀁓􀁄􀁕􀁈􀁇􀀃􀁚􀁌􀁗􀁋􀀃􀁗􀁋􀁈􀀃􀀱􀁈􀁒􀀐􀀃􀁄􀁑􀁇􀀃􀀯􀁄􀁗􀁈􀀃􀀥􀁄􀁅􀁜􀁏􀁒􀁑􀁌􀁄􀁑􀀃􀁄􀁓􀁓􀁕􀁈􀁑􀁗􀁌􀁆􀁈􀁖􀁋􀁌􀁓􀀃􀁆􀁒􀁑􀁗􀁕􀁄􀁆􀁗􀁖􀀑