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~1934 BCE·Old Babylonian

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Code of Lipit-Ishtar

One of the earliest law codes after the Code of Ur-Nammu (c. 2100 BCE), and the closest direct predecessor of Hammurabi's better-known code. Lipit-Ishtar's code is written in Sumerian — by this period a learned tongue, no longer spoken in daily life — and uses monetary compensation for personal inju…

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~1934 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

JCS 28, 238 03

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — JCS 28, 238 03. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Lipit-Eštar y1 — Lipit-Eštar became king based on canonical year-name formula in t…

Code of Lipit-Ishtar

JCS 28, 238 03

JCS 28, 239 04

JCS 28, 240 06

UET 1, 0222

Bur-Sin 2002 / CDLI Seals 012217 (CDLI Seals 012217 (composite))

Bur-Sin 2003 / CDLI Seals 001562 (CDLI Seals 001562 (physical))

Bur-Sin 2004 / CDLI Seals 012051 (CDLI Seals 012051 (composite))

Bur-Sin 2005 / CDLI Seals 005549 (CDLI Seals 005549 (physical))

Enlil-bani 12add

Erra-imitti 2001 / CDLI Seals 002519 (CDLI Seals 002519 (physical))

Iddin-Dagan 2001

Išme-Dagan 14

Lipit-Eštar 2001 / CDLI Seals 012213 (CDLI Seals 012213 (composite))

Lipit-Eštar 2002

Lipit-Eštar 2003 / CDLI Seals 012214 (CDLI Seals 012214 (composite))

Lipit-Eštar 2004 / CDLI Seals 012216 (CDLI Seals 012216 (composite))

Sin-magir 2001 / CDLI Seals 002462 (CDLI Seals 002462 (physical))

Sin-magir 2002 / CDLI Seals 002551 and 009452

Sin-magir 2003 / CDLI Seals 012218 (CDLI Seals 012218 (composite))

Šu-ilišu 2001 / CDLI Seals 012211 (CDLI Seals 012211 (composite))

Šu-ilišu 2002 / CDLI Seals 012212 (CDLI Seals 012212 (composite))

Šu-ilišu 2003 / CDLI Seals 012026 (CDLI Seals 012026 (composite))

Šu-ilišu 4 / CDLI Seals 013691 (CDLI Seals 013691 (composite))

N 0406

OB Contracts, pl. A1 no. 1

Šamši-Adad I 2003

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Šamši-Adad I 2017 / CDLI Seals 009443

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Šamši-Adad I 2020 / CDLI Seals 008051

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Abi-sare 2005 / CDLI Seals 012800 (CDLI Seals 012800 (composite))

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Sumu-El 2007 / CDLI Seals 012045 (CDLI Seals 012045 (composite))