Lipit-Ishtar
| Lipit-Ishtar | |
|---|---|
Votive cone with cuneiform inscription of Lipit-Eshtar | |
| King of Isin | |
| Reign | c. 1935 - c. 1924 BC |
| Predecessor | Ishme-Dagan |
| Successor | Ur-Ninurta |
| Died | c. 1924 BC |
| Dynasty | First Dynasty of Isin |
Lipit-Ishtar (Akkadian: 𒇷𒁉𒀉𒁹𒁯, Lipit-Ištar; died c. 1924 BC) 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 Ishme-Dagan. Ur-Ninurta then succeeded Lipit-Ištar. Some documents and royal inscriptions from his time have survived, however, Lipit-Ishtar is mostly known due to the Sumerian 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-Ishtar's death. The annals of Lipit-Ishtar's reign recorded that he also repulsed the Amorites.[1]
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Notes
- ^ 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 [reprinted from American Journal of Archaeology 52 (1948)]