Lipit-Ishtar
King of Isin
Votive cone with cuneiform inscription of Lipit-Eshtar
Reign	fl. c. 1870 BC — c. 1860 BC
Predecessor	Išme-Dagān
Successor	Ur-Ninurta
Akkadian	Lipit-Ištar
House	First Dynasty of Isin

Lipit-Ishtar (Akkadian: Lipit-Ištar; fl. c. 1870 BC – c. 1860 BC by the short chronology of the ancient Near East) 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 Išme-Dagān. Ur-Ninurta then succeeded Lipit-Ištar. Some documents and royal inscriptions from his time have survived, however, Lipit-Ištar is mostly known due to the Sumerian language 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-Ištar's death. The annals of Lipit-Ištar's reign recorded that he also repulsed the Amorites.^[1]

See also

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• Isin
• Sumer
• Amorites
• Cuneiform law
• History of Sumer
• Sumerian people

Notes

References

• James R. Court, Codex Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor. Scholars Press, 1995.
• Francis R. Steele, The Code of Lipit Ishtar - University of Pennsylvania Museum Monographs, 1948 - includes complete text and analysis of all fragments

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