It is the place of origin of many illicitly excavated clay tablets,[1] all in Old Babylonian.
[12] After a long period of control by Babylon the year names of the next to last ruler of that empire Samsu-iluna (c. 1750-1712 BC) ceased to be used in Lagaba in his year 30 suggesting that city, like others in the empire, had gained independence.
[6] It has been suggested that this god corresponds to Lakuppītu who is worshiped in Isin.
The first thorough investigation into the location of Lagaba was undertaken by Leemans, on the basis of tablets kept in Leiden, suggesting that Lagaba lay on a waterway (possibly the Shatt en-Nil canal) between Babylon and Kutha in the vicinity of Kutha.
[7] By reviewing a tablet from Lagaba kept in Yale, Tammuz in 1996 concluded it to be 15 km North-north-east of the city of Babylon, on the western bank of the Euphrates River.