Editing Sippar (section)

===Middle Bronze Age===
Sippar was the production center of wool. It also produced some of the finest [[Akkadian language|Old Babylonian]] cylinder seals.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Collon|first=Dominique|title=First impressions : cylinder seals in the ancient Near East|date=2005|publisher=British Museum Press|isbn=0-7141-1136-8|edition=[Rev. ed.]|location=London|oclc=63186269}}</ref>

====Middle Bronze I====
In Middle Bronze IB (c. 1900-1820 BC), the city-state of Babylon started to expand. Sippar eventually came within the Babylonian realm. [[Sumu-la-El]] of [[Babylon]] (r. 1878-1843 BC) conducted several military campaigns gaining control over Sippar. In his 29th year of reign, Sumulael reported building the city wall of Sippar. [[Sabium]] (r. 1842-1829 BC) did some religious activity dedicated to Utu/Shamash, Marduk in one of his year-names. [[Apil-Sin]] (r. 1828-1812 BC) did some activity in Sippar in his Year 14.

Based on Shamash Temple records Sippar ruler Immerum is known to have been roughly contemporary with the rule of Sumu-la-El. He is suggested to have been ruling Sipper when Babylon took control based on a text sealed with oaths to both Immerum and Sumu-la-El.<ref>Tanret, M., "I.B. The First Sangas", in The Seal of the Sanga, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2010</ref><ref>Tanret, M.,"I.C. Before The Second Sanga", in The Seal of the Sanga, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2010</ref> In another text detailing gifts for dignitaries [[Sumu-abum]], first ruler of the First Babylonian Empire received the largest gift with Immerum and Sumu-la-El (2nd ruler of that empire) receiving smaller gifts.<ref>Wasserman, N., & Bloch, Y., "The Kingdom of Babylon", in The Amorites, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2023</ref> Four year names of Immerum are known including "The year (in which) the temple of Inanna Immerum built".<ref>"PBS 08/2, 195 Artifact Entry", (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P257793</ref>

====Middle Bronze II (c. 1820-1587 BC)====
[[File:Clay tablet and its sealed clay envelope. Legal document, listing of land and their distribution to several sons. From Sippar, Iraq. Old-Babylonian period. Reign of Sin-Muballit, 1812-1793 BCE. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany.jpg|thumb|Clay tablet and its sealed clay envelope. Legal document, listing of land and their distribution to several sons. From Sippar, Iraq. Old-Babylonian period. Reign of Sin-Muballit, 1812-1793 BCE. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin]]
[[Sin-Muballit]] (r. 1811-1793 BC) controlled the city and a sealed clay envelope is known.

[[File:Hammurabi's Babylonia 1.svg|thumb|Hammurabi's Babylonia 1]]
Some years later [[Hammurabi]] of Babylon (r. 1792-1750 BC) reported laying the foundations of the city wall of Sippar in his 23rd year and worked on the wall again in his 43rd year. His successor in Babylon, [[Samsu-iluna]] (r. 1749-1712 BC) worked on Sippar's wall in his 1st year. The city walls, being typically made of mud bricks, required much attention. The [[Code of Hammurabi]] stele was probably erected at Sippar. [[Shamash]] was the god of justice, and he is depicted handing authority to the king in the image at the top of the stele.

The city flourished under Babylonian rule until the Sack of Babylon by Mursili I of Hatti around 1587 BC.