the šandabakku to become very prestigious and the holders of the office seem to have wielded influence second only to the king. The term šandabakku first...

near Nippur, and details the reimbursement of Nusku-zêra-iddina, the šandabakku, or governor of Nippur, with land, after he ransomed a man named Mudammiqu...

excavated in 1973 in Nippur contains the correspondence between Kudurru the šandabakku, or governor, of Nippur and an individual of this name who is greeted...

and salt for offerings, receipt of butter and oil at the expense of the šandabakku (the governor of Nippur), i.e. his shopping receipt, and baskets received...

texts from the city, and he is absent altogether for example from the šandabakku archive from the eighth century BCE. Starting with the Neo-Babylonian...

talk about below. The governor of Nippur bore the particular title of šandabakku (in Sumerian: GÚ.EN.NA) and had more power than the rest. This office...

deceased, third plaintiff, loses case Enlil-zākir-šumi, the son of N[a-, šandabakku of Nippur, witness Kudurana, the son of Enlil-[. . . . .], witness sons...

Ililiya, a hypocoristic form of Enlil-kidinni, who was the governor, or šandabakku, of Nippur during Burna Buriaš's reign and that of his immediate successors...

such as his grandson, Enlil-kidinnī, who would become the prominent šandabakku or governor of Nippur, and a descendant, Ninurta-rēṣušu, who was also...

Marduk-zâkir-šumi, is dated to his second year. Nazi-Enlil was governor or šandabakku (inscribed LÚGÚ.EN.NA) of Nippur, the first appearance of this office...

Dilmun, in his correspondence with Enlil-kidinni, who was the governor, or šandabakku, of Nippur, ca. 1342-1336 BC, whom he addresses as Illiliya, a familiar...

assume a debt for which a priest had been imprisoned. Amīl-Marduk was the Šandabakku or governor of Nippur during his reign, a position he had filled since...

received their positions through inheritance, such as Enlil-apla-uṣur, the šandabakku or governor of Nippur, and the sons of Tuballiṭ-Ešdar, the sukkallus (court...

further light on his ancestors, naming his forebears Uššur-ana-Marduk as šandabakku or governor of Nippur and Usi-ana-nuri-? as viceroy of Dilmun (ancient...