Code of Lipit Ishtar - Code of Lipit Ishtar

Japanese: リピトイシュタル法典 - リピトイシュタルほうてん

A Sumerian law code established by Lipit-Ishtar, the fifth king of the Kingdom of Isin, in the late 20th century BCE. The original was apparently inscribed on a stone monument, but only about one-third of the code and just under one-fifth of the legal portion (38 articles) have survived to this day in copies on clay tablets. This code is intermediate between the Code of Ur-Nammu and the Code of Hammurapi in terms of the date of its creation, its three-part structure of a preface, main text, and epilogue, and its criminal punishment laws. The preface states that, following the command of the gods, the king "in order to restore justice to the land and bring peace," exempted the inhabitants from debts and reduced the number of days of corvée.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

前20世紀後半にイシン王国第5代の王リピトイシュタルLipit‐Ishtarが制定した，シュメール語による法典。原本は石碑に刻まれたらしいが，粘土板文書の写本に記されて今日に伝わるのは全体の約3分の1，法律部分の5分の1弱(38条)である。この法典は製作年代や，序文･本文･後書きの3部構成法においても，犯罪処罰法においても，ウルナンム法典とハンムラピ法典との中間に位置する。序文では神々の命にのっとり，王が〈正義を国土に回復し安寧をもたらすために〉，住民の債務を免除し，賦役日数を軽減したと記されている。

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