Editing Sippar (section)

====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.