What was the ancient Mesopotamian law collection associated with King Lipit-Ishtar called?

The law collection associated with King Lipit-Ishtar is called the Code of Lipit-Ishtar. Lipit-Ishtar ruled the Sumerian city-state of Isin during the early second millennium BCE, probably around the nineteenth century BCE.

The text was written in Sumerian and survives in fragmentary form on clay tablets. Its provisions address subjects including property, family relationships, tenancy, inheritance, and the status of dependent people. Like other Mesopotamian law collections, it presents the king as an upholder of justice and social order.

The Code of Lipit-Ishtar is often overshadowed by the later Code of Hammurabi, but it is earlier. It also followed the Code of Ur-Nammu and the laws associated with the city of Eshnunna. These collections should not be treated as modern legal codes covering every case; they are royal proclamations and selected legal provisions.