Lipit-Ishtar

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Lipit-Ishtar was a king of the ancient Mesopotamian city-state of Isin, best known for issuing one of the earliest surviving law codes that predated and influenced the Code of Hammurabi.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian ruler
human
king
associatedWithDeity Enlil NERFINISHED
Ishtar NERFINISHED
Utu NERFINISHED
capital Isin NERFINISHED
country ancient Mesopotamia
dynasty First Dynasty of Isin NERFINISHED
era Old Babylonian period NERFINISHED
floruit early 2nd millennium BCE
hasGenreInscriptions royal hymns
royal inscriptions
royal praise poems
knownFor Lipit-Ishtar law code NERFINISHED
early Mesopotamian legislation
influencing the Code of Hammurabi
language Akkadian NERFINISHED
Sumerian
legalCodeContains provisions on damages and compensation
provisions on inheritance
provisions on marriage and family law
provisions on property law
provisions on slavery
legalCodeForm cuneiform inscription
legalCodeIssued Code of Lipit-Ishtar NERFINISHED
legalCodeLanguage Sumerian
legalCodeMedium clay tablet
legalCodePreceded Code of Hammurabi NERFINISHED
legalCodePurpose establish justice in the land
protect the weak from the strong
legalCodeType law code
name Lipit-Ishtar NERFINISHED
notableWork Code of Lipit-Ishtar NERFINISHED
positionHeld king of Isin NERFINISHED
king of Sumer and Akkad
predecessor Ishme-Dagan of Isin NERFINISHED
regionRuled southern Mesopotamia
reignedOver Akkad NERFINISHED
Isin NERFINISHED
Sumer NERFINISHED
religion Mesopotamian religion NERFINISHED
sourceOfInformation cuneiform tablets
royal inscriptions from Isin
successor Ur-Ninurta NERFINISHED
title king of Isin
king of Sumer and Akkad
mighty king
shepherd of the people

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Code of Lipit-Ishtar author Lipit-Ishtar
Code of Lipit-Ishtar kingMentioned Lipit-Ishtar
Code of Lipit-Ishtar namedAfter Lipit-Ishtar