Kudur-Mabuk
Kudur-Mabuk ; was a high official in the ancient Near East city-state of Larsa. He first
comes to light in the reign of Sin-Iddinam, when he was in Mashkan-shapir, in the Emutbal province of Larsa which was in the northern part of the kingdom of Larsa and is not mentioned after the 8th year of Rim-Sin I and presumed to have died at that point. His sons Warad-Sin and Rim-Sin I were kings of Larsa. Late in the reign of Warad-Sin he became governor of Emutbal. Though never a ruler he wielded much power in the region with titles like "Father of the Amorite land" and "Father of Emutbala". He was responsible for the restoration and rebuilding of a number of prominent buildings including the Eeškite shrine for Nanna, the Egabura for Ningubalag, Ekuga for Nergal, Ekituššatenbi for Zababa, and Etilmun for Inana as well as the Nanna-ḫul canal. He also led a number of military campaigns for Larsa, especially during the reign of Rim-Sin I. He
restored Maškān-šāpir and Kār-Šamaš to Larsa and have smitten the army of Kazallu and Mutiabal in Larsa Emutbala’ and to have "seized Kazallu, torn down its wall, made it submit".
Maškān-šāpir was led by Ṣillī-Ištar who Kudur-Maduk
called "Enemy of Larsa, evil-doer against Emutbala". A stele, no lost but known from an inscription copy, whosed Kudur-Mabuk smiting Ṣillī-Ištar. There was a Dur-Kudur-Mabuk, "Fortress of Kudur-Mabuk", in the kingdom of Larsa.
He is mentioned in three of his sons year names, Rim-Sin I year 3 - "Year in which brought 4 statues in copper representing Kudur-mabuk into the temple of Nanna and built the temple of Ninmarki in Ashdubba",
Rim-Sin I year 5 - "Year brought 2 statues in copper representing Kudur-mabuk and a stele in copper into Egalbarra / the outer palace", and Warad-Sin year 9 - "Year brought one golden statue adorned with gold! Kudur-mabuk into the temple of Shamash". Inscriptions of Warad-Sin
also mention dedicating several Balag instruments to
himself and Kudur-Mabuk.
His name was Elamite as was that of his father Šimti-šilhak and his daughter Manzi-wartaš. Nothing is known about the god Mabuk who is known only from personal names. His daughter En-ane-du was high priestess of the moon god Nanna in Ur.
A stone seal found at Ur read "Enanedu en priestess of the god Nanna of Ur, son of Kudur-mabuk, brother of Warad-Sîn, king of Larsa.". Other inscriptions read "daughter of Kudur-mabuk" and it is not clear why this one reads "son". It has been proposed that Kudur-Mabuk had another son, Sîn-muballiṭ, who is known to have been a governor for Larsa at Maškān-šāpir. He is not, probably, to be confused the ruler of Babylon having the same name, Sîn-muballiṭ. Sîn-muballiṭ was governor of
Maškān-šāpir when it was captured by Hammurabi of Babylon.
Nabonidus, the last Neo-Babylonian ruler, while rebuilding the Egipar temple of
Ninegal in the city of Ur found a text: