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  • Constructions of a similar character, and not very different in their dimensions, are proved by the bricks composing them to have been raised by the same monarch at Ur, Calneh or Nipur, and Larancha or Larsa, which is perhaps Ellasar.

    The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. George Rawlinson 1857

  • Plus, there was the reassuring presence of NBA veteran Scottie Pippen, whose wife, Larsa, bemoaned the difficulty of finding time to work out and shop ("being married to Scottie, you almost have to be in shape and look cute") and his old Chicago Bulls teammate Dennis Rodman, who attended one of Lea's charity events (is he really the guy you want at your party?)

    Cheers & Jeers: The Real Housewives of Miami's Heat 2011

  • A famous artifact from the Isin-Larsa period (ca. 2004-1763 B.C.) known as the Burney Relief is misinterpreted by celebrated antiquarian Henri Frankfort in his The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient as an image of Lilith (about whom you can read a pretty good article here).

    Archive 2007-08-01 2007

  • A famous artifact from the Isin-Larsa period (ca. 2004-1763 B.C.) known as the Burney Relief is misinterpreted by celebrated antiquarian Henri Frankfort in his The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient as an image of Lilith (about whom you can read a pretty good article here).

    Book Review: Gilgamesh the King 2007

  • A bronze statuette of a worshiper, dated to about 1760 B.C. and crafted in a workshop in the Sumerian city of Larsa (in modern Iraq), whose bearded face and tiny fingers are still covered with delicate sheets of gold, kneels to visitors at the entrance.

    The Art of Foreign Influence 2009

  • Uruk, Eridu, and Lagash suffered little or no looting; while Larsa and other sites had been extensively looted.

    The Devastation of Iraq's Past Eakin, Hugh 2008

  • In the third millennium BC, it was a fertile plain densely populated by such cities as Ur, Lagash, Girsu, Larsa, and Umma; today, the shifting course of the Euphrates and Saddam Hussein's brutal campaign to drain the marshes, to the southeast, have left it in large part an impoverished wasteland.

    The Devastation of Iraq's Past Eakin, Hugh 2008

  • I heard that the ruins of the Sumerian cities of Umma, Umm al-Akareb, Larsa and Tello were completely destroyed and were now landscapes of craters.

    Archive 2006-01-01 The Nag 2006

  • The Babylonian king then took Larsa, made it his southern capital, and in 1759 defeated Mari and tore down its walls.

    d. The Amorite Kingdoms 2001

  • After a dynasty of ten more kings, Rimsin (1822–1763) brought Larsa to its largest extent, defeating Damiq-ilishu of Isin and unifying Lower Mesopotamia.

    d. The Amorite Kingdoms 2001

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