Law Code of Lipit Ishtar
29-16-55
From: Iraq | Nippur
Curatorial Section: Babylonian
| Object Title | Law Code of Lipit Ishtar |
| Object Number | 29-16-55 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian Period |
| Date Made | 2000-1900 BCE |
| Section | Babylonian |
| Materials | Clay |
| Iconography | Law |
| Inscription Language | Sumerian Language |
| Description | Code of Lipit Ishatar, Law code. Royal/Monumental text, fragment. (CDLI Composite: Q000613). See CDLI for transliteration info and line art (hand drawing of inscription). Joins with 29-16-249, N1494, N1791, 29-16-230, N3058, N7085, 29-16-218. |
| Length | 15.2 cm |
| Width | 16 cm |
| Thickness | 3 cm |
| Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur, 1888-1900 |
| Other Number | P256663 - CDLI Number | UM 29-16-055 + UM 29-16-249 + N 1494 + N 1791 (+) UM 29-16-230 + N 3058 + N 7085 (+) UM 29-16-218 - Other Number | 0410 - Cast Number |
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