Iraq: Ceramic plaque of a king or a deity carrying a mace, Isin-Larsa – Old Babylonian, central Mesopotamia, c. 2000 - 1700 BCE

Larsa was an important city of ancient Sumer, the center of the cult of the sun god Utu. It lies some 25 km southeast of Uruk in Iraq's Dhi Qar Governorate, near the east bank of the Shatt-en-Nil canal at the site of the modern settlement Tell as-Senkereh or Sankarah.

The city became a political force during the Isin-Larsa period (3rd Century BCE).

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