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Larsa

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Larsa , ancient city of S Babylonia, in modern Iraq, 30 mi (48 km) NW of An Nasiriyah. It was the biblical Ellasar (Gen. 14.1). When the last king of the third dynasty of Ur was overthrown (c.1950 BC) by the Elamites and Amorites, the cities of Isin and Larsa were rivals for hegemony in Mesopotamia . In 1763 BC, Hammurabi defeated Larsa and succeeded in uniting Babylonia under his power. The city was dedicated to the sun god, Shamash. Temple libraries and important documents have been found in the ruins. Author not available, LARSA. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition... Read more

Larsa
...founded in prehistoric times and flourished in a period of Sumerian decline ( 2000– 1760 ), when long-distance trade connected the Euphrates with the Indus River valley. Hammurabi of Babylon gained control of the area in 1763 . Larsa Larsa Larsa Read more

Isin
...the Amorites (c.2025 BC). The phase from c.2025-c.1763 BC is sometimes called the Isin-Larsa period. Many city-states vied with one another, but Isin and Larsa were the most powerful of these. Excavations have brought to light the law code of King... Read more

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	(book review) ; Texte aus Larsa. By DANIEL ARNAUD. Berliner Beitr[ddot{a...first regular excavation of Tell Senkereh (Larsa) took place in 1933 and most inscriptional...Sin-iddinam and N[bar{u}]r-Adad. In his article on Larsa in the Reallexikon der Assyriologie he gave... Read more
	Manitowoc, Wis., Firm Builds Yacht with 7-Foot Ceilings for Basketball Player. ; ...Tribune Business News May 12--The Lady Larsa, an 85-foot motor yacht set for launch...the finished product. So what is the Lady Larsa like? Ross describes it as one of the most...about 50 to 100 feet longer than the Lady Larsa, Ross said. The boat, named for Pippen... Read more
	High on luxury ; ...Sentinel staff Saturday, May 12, 2001 The Lady Larsa, an 85-foot motor yacht set for launch...finished product." So what is the Lady Larsa like? Ross describes it as "one of the...about 50 to 100 feet longer than the Lady Larsa," Ross said. The boat, named for Pippen... Read more
	Pippen says firm played for both sides.(News) ; Byline: Rob Olmstead Daily Herald Staff Writer Former Chicago Bulls superstar Scottie Pippen and his wife, Larsa, sued a Chicago law firm Wednesday, alleging that the law firm had a conflict of interest when it recommended a financial adviser... Read more
	A minor Old Babylonian archive about the transfer of personnel ; ...they are all written in the ductus of the Larsa (or, better, southern) region.' The texts...editors proposed that both texts come from Larsa. Rahasum occurs in the above cited TCL...provenance of the majority from the province of Larsa is certain (cf. RgpGgo 3, 135). The exceptions... Read more
	KUP'S COLUMN ; ...Scottie Pippen will have a special celebration, win or lose against the Utah Jazz. (Perish the thought of losing.) He will wed Larsa Younan, his live-in love who shares his Lake Shore Drive apartment. The wedding will be next month at the Palmer House Hilton... Read more
	BLAZER REPORT: BLAZERS HAVE BABY BOOM JUST IN TIME FOR ROAD TRIP ; ...couple named Piper. It's the Grants' third child. One day later, Larsa Pippen delivered a 7-pound, 12-ounce boy, which the couple named Scottie Jr. It was their first child. Larsa Pippen had labor induced Friday because of Pippen's upcoming business... Read more
	W SWIETLE TRIERA, W CIENIU DREYERA ; ...krytycyzm i specyficzne poczucie humoru. Larsa von Triera interesuje zwlaszcza ta ostatnia...absurdu wylania sie staly element filmw Larsa von Triera. - Moi rodzice byli komunistami...strazaka. ZAPOMNIANY MISTRZ Prezentacja filmu Larsa von Triera zbiegla sie z retrospektywa... Read more
	Reassessing an ancient artifact.(Plimpton clay tablet)(Brief Article) ; ...within 40 years of 1800 B.C. and says that. it probably came from Larsa, a Mesopotamian city about 100 miles southeast of Babylon. Previous...consistent with temple records and documents of about 1800 B.C. in Larsa. Scrutiny of various mathematical tablets revealed the importance... Read more
	PEOPLE; Captain Scottie launches new yacht.(NEWS) ; ...and an extra long bed - Saturday on the Manitowoc River at Manitowoc, Wis. The basketball player named the 85-foot yacht Lady Larsa after his wife. The Burger Boat Co. of Manitowoc took 1 1/2 years to build the yacht, which has a master bedroom and three guest... Read more

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