Abstract
Nuzi palace tablets, especially the lists of personnel and of barley rations, provide information about the workforce managed by this institution, and by other palaces of the kingdom of Arraphe. These people are refered to either as nīš bīti, “household staff,” or as slaves. It is possible to estimate their number, which amounts to several hundreds or people, and to examine the composition of the workforce, since the tablets sometimes give details about gender and age of the workers, their professional specializations, and their family relationships.
