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Lipit-Ishtar
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Lipit-Ishtar (Akkadian: Lipit-Ištar; fl. c. 1870 BCE – c. 1860 BCE by the short chronology of the ancient near east) was the 5th king of the First Dynasty of Isin.
Quotes
Atta-mannum, who pleases his lord, is a better servant to his lord than you! Why is it that you have not been avenging your lord, and not keeping me informed? [...] The enemy has camped down in Iri-gibil. Chase them away from those settlements; [...] Do not let these cities out of your grasp. Station your people -- it is urgent!
In a letter to his general Nanna-kian about driving away the enemy led by Atta-mannum. Text online at The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature.
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