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Lipit-Ishtar
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Lipit-Ishtar (Akkadian: 𒇷𒁉𒀉𒁹𒁯, Lipit-Ištar; died 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-Ishta
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- Royalty.name
- Lipit-Ishtar
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- Votive cone with cuneiform inscription of Lipit-Eshtar MET DP360673.jpg
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- Votive cone with cuneiform inscription of Lipit-Eshtar
- Royalty.succession
- King of Isin
- Royalty.reign
- c. 1935 - c. 1924 BC
- Royalty.predecessor
- Ishme-Dagan
- Royalty.successor
- Ur-Ninurta
- Royalty.death_date
- c. 1924 BC
- Royalty.dynasty
- First Dynasty of Isin
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Father
- Ishme-Dagan
- Religion
- Sumerian religion
- Followed by
- Ur-Ninurta
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Lipit-Ishtar (Akkadian: 𒇷𒁉𒀉𒁹𒁯, Lipit-Ištar; died 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.
==See also== Isin Sumer Amorites Cuneiform law History of Sumer List of Mesopotamian dynasties
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