简介:I~nNABU1992/102andmyAHistoryofEshnunna,MariandAssyria....p3,Iproposedthatu-iliya,thefirstkingofEshnunna,waspromotedtothepositionofensi,orking,fromthesonoftheensiasahighrankingscribe.InthepresentworkIhaveinvestigatedthecareersofotherensigovernorsoftheAkkadianandUrⅢperiods.Theevidencefromthisinvestigationwouldindicatethatmanyensigovemorswerepromotedfromsimilarpositionsasscribeswhentheysucceededtothepositionsoftheirfathers,andthattheirfathershadalsobeenscribesandensis,whichmeanstheensigovernorsoftheseperiodswereintellectuals