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Lipit-Ishtar
King of Isin
Votive cone with cuneiform inscription of Lipit-Eshtar
Reign11 regnal years
1934-1924 BC (MC)
PredecessorIšme-Dagān
SuccessorUr-Ninurta
AkkadianLipit-Ištar
HouseFirst Dynasty of Isin

Lipit-Ishtar (Akkadian: Lipit-Ištar; c. 1934-1924 BC (MC) was the 5th king of the First Dynasty of Isin, according to the Sumerian King List (SKL). Also according to the SKL: he was the successor of Išme-Dagān. Ur-Ninurta then succeeded Lipit-Ištar. Some documents and royal inscriptions from his time have survived, however, Lipit-Ištar is mostly known due to the Sumerian language hymns that were written in his honor, as well as a legal code written in his name (preceding the famed Code of Hammurabi by about 100 years)—which were used for school instruction for hundreds of years after Lipit-Ištar's death. The annals of Lipit-Ištar's reign recorded that he also repulsed the Amorites.

See also

Notes

  1. Ferris J. Stephens, "A Newly Discovered Inscription of Libit-Ishtar", Journal of the American Oriental Society, 52 (1932), pp. 182-185

References

  • James R. Court, Codex Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor. Scholars Press, 1995.
  • Francis R. Steele, The Code of Lipit Ishtar - University of Pennsylvania Museum Monographs, 1948 - includes complete text and analysis of all fragments
Regnal titles
Preceded byIšme-Dagān King of Isin
fl. c. 1934 BC — c. 1924 BC 		Succeeded byUr-Ninurta
Kings of Isin-Larsa
Isin
1953-1730 BCE (ST)
Larsa
1940-1674 BCE (ST)


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