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.
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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