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cuneiform law

• In cuneiform law

  …Sumerian law is the so-called Code of Lipit–Ishtar (c. 1934–24 bc), which contains the typical prologue, articles, and epilogue and deals with such matters as the rights of persons, marriages, successions, penalties, and property and contracts.

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discovery through epigraphy

• In epigraphy: Ancient Mesopotamia

  …those of the Sumero-Akkadian king Lipit-Ishtar (in Sumerian) and King Bilalama of Eshnunna (in Akkadian) during the interval of the 3rd dynasty of Ur, and the rise of the Amorite dynasty of Hammurabi (c. 2000 bce), culminating in the great diorite stela of Hammurabi (c. 1750 bce), showing retardation and…

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history of Mesopotamia

• In history of Mesopotamia: Isin and Larsa

  …added that the Code of Lipit-Ishtar stands exactly midway chronologically between the Code of Ur-Nammu and the Code of Hammurabi. Yet it is much closer to the former in language and especially in legal philosophy than to Hammurabi’s compilation of judgments. For example, the Code of Lipit-Ishtar does not know…

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