Code of Ur-Nammu
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The Code of Ur-Nammu is the oldest known law code surviving today. It is from Mesopotamia and is written on tablets, in the Sumerian language c. 2100–2050 BCE. It contains strong statements of royal power like "I eliminated enmity, violence, and cries for justice."[1]
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Created | c. 2100 BC–2050 BC |
Location | Istanbul Archaeology Museums (Ni.3191) (originally Nippur, Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq)) |
Author(s) | Ur-Nammu |
Purpose | Legal code |
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