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Larsa

[ lahr-suh ]

noun

  1. an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.


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Then several kings flourished at Larsa who claimed to have ruled over Ur.

When Hammurabi came to the throne he had apparently to recognize the overlordship of the Elamite king or his royal son at Larsa.

The temple to Shamash at Larsa, while not quite as old as that of Sippar, was quite as famous.

But Ellasar is clearly the Larsa of the cuneiform inscriptions, perhaps with the word al, "city," prefixed.

It gives the total length of the dynasty of Larsa as 289 years.

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