Eshnunna

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Eshnunna was an important ancient Mesopotamian city-state in the Diyala River region, known for its early legal code and strategic role in Old Babylonian politics and trade.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Eshnunna canonical 3
Eshnunna (at certain periods) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Mesopotamian city-state ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
archaeologicalImportance key site for study of early Mesopotamian law and administration ⓘ
artStyle Early Dynastic and Old Babylonian Mesopotamian art ⓘ
chronologicalContext contemporary with early Old Babylonian kingdoms ⓘ
culture Mesopotamian ⓘ
earlierLanguageInfluence Sumerian ⓘ
linked to: Sumerian language
excavatedBy archaeologists in the 20th century ⓘ
governedBy kings of Eshnunna ⓘ
hasArtifacts administrative documents ⓘ
inscribed tablets ⓘ
legal texts ⓘ
statuettes ⓘ
knownFor Old Babylonian period political role ⓘ
early legal code ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
legalCodeInfluence part of Mesopotamian legal tradition ⓘ
legalText Laws of Eshnunna ⓘ
legalTextDateApprox early second millennium BCE ⓘ
legalTextLanguage Akkadian ⓘ
legalTextScript cuneiform ⓘ
legalTextType law code ⓘ
locatedIn Diyala River region ⓘ
linked to: Diyala Governorate

eastern Mesopotamia ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Iraq ⓘ
mainDeities Tishpak ⓘ
other Mesopotamian gods ⓘ
majorSite Tell Asmar ⓘ
partOf Mesopotamia ⓘ
ancient Near East ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Near East
periodOfFlourishing Old Babylonian period ⓘ
early second millennium BCE ⓘ
politicalRelations Babylon ⓘ
Larsa ⓘ
Mari ⓘ
politicalRole regional power in Old Babylonian politics ⓘ
primaryLanguage Akkadian ⓘ
region Diyala Valley ⓘ
linked to: Diyala River
religion Mesopotamian polytheism ⓘ
strategicRole control of trade routes in Diyala region ⓘ
intermediary between Mesopotamia and Iranian plateau ⓘ
tradeConnections Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon

Elam ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
urbanFeature city walls ⓘ
palaces ⓘ
temples ⓘ
writingSystem cuneiform ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zimri-Lim → ally → Eshnunna (at certain periods) ⓘ
linked to: Eshnunna
Ninazu → hasCultCenter → Eshnunna ⓘ