The Code of Lipit-Ishtar is a collection of laws promulgated by Lipit-Ishtar (r. 1934 – 1924 BCE (MC)), a ruler in Lower Mesopotamia. As cuneiform law...
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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...
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include: The Code of Ur-Nammu of Ur. The Code of Lipit-Ishtar of Isin. The Laws of Eshnunna (written by Bilalama or by Dadusha). The "Laws of X," which,...
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BC), the Code of Eshnunna (approximately 100 years before Lipit-Ishtar), the Code of Lipit-Ishtar (1934–1924 BC), and the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi (c...
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found in Nippur, Sippar and Ur Laws of Eshnunna (c. 1930 BC) Code of Lipit-Ishtar (c. 1870 BC) Babylonian law Code of Hammurabi (c. 1750 BC in middle chronology)...
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Mesopotamia (redirect from Government of ancient Mesopotamia)
City-states of Mesopotamia created the first law codes, drawn from legal precedence and decisions made by kings. The codes of Urukagina and Lipit-Ishtar (the...
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Hammurabi (category 18th-century BC kings of Babylon)
by the Code of Ur-Nammu, the Laws of Eshnunna, and the Code of Lipit-Ishtar. Barton, a former professor of Semitic languages at the University of Pennsylvania...
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Cuneiform law Code of Hammurabi Code of Ur-Nammu Code of Lipit-Ishtar List of ancient legal codes Albrecht Goetze, "The Laws of Eshnunna", Sumer, vol. 4, no...
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Cuneiform law (category Codes of conduct)
flight of slaves. c. 1934-1924 BC – Code of Lipit-Ishtar of Isin – With a typical epilogue and prologue, the law deals with penalties, the rights of ordinary...
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Constitution (redirect from Principles of the constitution)
Code of Ur-Nammu of Ur (c. 2050 BC). Some of the better-known ancient law codes are the code of Lipit-Ishtar of Isin, the code of Hammurabi of Babylonia...
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Sumerian literature (redirect from Literature of sumer)
of Ur-Nammu is attributed to Ur-Nammu, founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur Code of Lipit-Ishtar Code of Hammurabi Hymns to deities in the Sumerian pantheon...
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the code of Ur-Nammu, king of Ur (c. 2050 BC), the Code of Eshnunna (c. 1930 BC) and the Code of Lipit-Ishtar of Isin (c. 1870 BC). These law codes formalized...
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Ancient literature (redirect from Oldest work of literature)
Correspondence of the Kings of Ur 1900 BC: Akkadian Legend of Etana, Summa izbu, Šumma ālu, Namburbi, and Iškar Zaqīqu 1900 BC: Sumerian Code of Lipit-Ishtar and...
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Code of Hammurabi, Laws of Eshnunna, the Code of Ur-Nammu, king of Ur (c. 2050 BC), the Laws of Eshnunna (c. 1930 BC) and the Code of Lipit-Ishtar of Isin...
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Restoration Stela (section Usurpation of Horemheb)
Instructions of Kagemni Hammurabi Code Code of Ur-Nammu Laws of Eshnunna Code of Lipit-Ishtar Law of Moses Edicts of Ashoka "Restoration Stela of Tutankhamen...
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Ancient economic thought (category Economy of ancient Greece)
cities include the codex of Ur-Nammu, king of Ur (c. 2050 BC), the laws of Eshnunna (c. 1930 BC) and the code of Lipit-Ishtar of Isin (c. 1870 BC). Some...
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Išme-Dagān was one of the kings to restore the Ekur. Lipit-Ishtar (fl. c. 1859—1848 BCE by the short chronology) was the 5th king of the Dynasty of Isin, according...
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point of view, from that moment and emphasized with the arrival of the Amorites, the existence of three new codes of laws: Code of Lipit-Ishtar: proceeds...
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Hammurabi Code Code of Ur-Nammu Laws of Eshnunna Code of Lipit-Ishtar Law of Moses Edicts of Ashoka Bryson, Karen M (2018-04-13). The Reign of Horemheb:...
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quart of salt" and "If a slave woman strikes someone acting with the authority of her mistress, [text destroyed...]". About 1870 BC Isin (Code of Lipit-Ishtar):...
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Gilgamesh (redirect from Gilgamesh of Uruk)
defeating Humbaba (Sumerian: Huwawa) and the Bull of Heaven, who is sent to attack them by Ishtar (Sumerian: Inanna) after Gilgamesh rejects her offer...
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aquifers. The history of people's relation to water illustrates varied approaches to the management of water resources. "Lipit Ishtar and Ur Nammu both contain...
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Solomon (redirect from House of the Forest of Lebanon)
on the grave of King Solomon. The New Pornographers included a song entitled "One Kind of Solomon" on their 2019 album In the Morse Code of Brake Lights...
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Sumer (redirect from Ancient Sumer (Eight Features of Civilization))
the best-known examples being the Lyres of Ur. Sumerian culture was male-dominated and stratified. The Code of Ur-Nammu, the oldest such codification yet...
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Urukagina (redirect from Code of Urukagina)
as the first example of a legal code in recorded history. Although the actual text has not been discovered, much of its content may be surmised from...
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Ur-Nammu (category Third Dynasty of Ur)
Gudea, Ur-Nammu, and Lipit-Ishtar. From Ur, Kish, and Warka, Iraq. Iraq Museum Nammu: the god Ur-Nammu was named after List of Mesopotamian dynasties...
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Elam (category Ancient history of Iran)
Another significant deity was Pinikir, an astral goddess of love, similar to Ishtar. Some researchers, especially in the 1960s and 1970s, saw her as a mother...
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that just preceded it, with rulers such as military governors like Puzur-Ishtar, who was probably contemporary with Amar-Sin. Assyriologists employ many...
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Puzur-Ashur II left inscriptions regarding the building of temples to Ashur, Adad and Ishtar in Assyria. Ilushuma in particular appears to have been a...
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the Isin dynasty. From the reign of Lipit-Ishtar, one of them began to stand out: it was Larsa. The flourishing of Larsa became evident around the 20th...
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