Larsa

[ lahr-suh ]

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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