Larsa

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Sumerian city ancient city-state archaeological site

Larsa was an important ancient Sumerian city-state in southern Mesopotamia, known for its political power and temple-centered religious life during the early second millennium BCE.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Larsa canonical	14
Larsa kingdom	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sumerian city ⓘ ancient city-state ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
capitalOf	Larsa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Larsa kingdom
chronologyUsedFor	Larsa king list ⓘ
conqueredBy	Hammurabi ⓘ surface form: Hammurabi of Babylon
conqueredInYear	circa 1763 BCE ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod	Isin-Larsa period ⓘ Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ surface form: Old Babylonian period early second millennium BCE ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalExcavation	French archaeological missions ⓘ Iraqi archaeological missions ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFind	administrative texts ⓘ cuneiform tablets ⓘ legal texts ⓘ royal inscriptions ⓘ temple architecture remains ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ temple economy ⓘ trade ⓘ
hasLanguage	Akkadian ⓘ Sumerian language ⓘ surface form: Sumerian
hasMainDeity	Shamash ⓘ
hasModernSiteName	Tell as-Senkereh ⓘ
hasNotableRuler	Abisare ⓘ Gungunum ⓘ Nur-Adad ⓘ Rim-Sin I ⓘ Sin-iddinam ⓘ Sumu-El ⓘ Warad-Sin ⓘ
hasTemple	Ebabbar ⓘ surface form: E-babbar temple of Shamash ⓘ
knownFor	extensive cuneiform archives ⓘ political power ⓘ temple-centered religious life ⓘ
locatedIn	Sumer ⓘ Lower Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: southern Mesopotamia
locatedInPresentDay	Iraq ⓘ
locatedNear	Euphrates ⓘ surface form: Euphrates River
partOf	Sumer ⓘ surface form: Sumerian civilization Ancient Near East ⓘ surface form: ancient Near East
politicalStatus	rival of Babylon ⓘ rival of Isin ⓘ
religiousRole	major cult center of Shamash ⓘ
ruledBy	Amorite dynasty of Larsa ⓘ surface form: Amorite dynasty Sumerian kings ⓘ
timePeriod	Bronze Age ⓘ
usedWritingSystem	cuneiform ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sumer → hasCityState → Larsa ⓘ

Nasiriyah → nearbyArchaeologicalSite → Larsa ⓘ

Hammurabi → expandedInto → Larsa ⓘ

Shamash → majorCultCenter → Larsa ⓘ

Early Dynastic period → hasImportantCity → Larsa ⓘ

Kassite period → hasImportantCity → Larsa ⓘ

Utu → cityOfWorship → Larsa ⓘ

Old Babylonian Empire → includedCity → Larsa ⓘ

Larsa → capitalOf → Larsa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Larsa kingdom

Dhi Qar Governorate → contains → Larsa ⓘ

Amorite dynasty of Larsa → locatedIn → Larsa ⓘ

Amorite dynasty of Larsa → country → Larsa ⓘ

Amorite dynasty of Larsa → capital → Larsa ⓘ

Rim-Sin I → country → Larsa ⓘ

Rim-Sin I → realm → Larsa ⓘ