Law Code of King Ur-Nammu

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This law code is considered the oldest known law code surviving today. Many terracotta tablets of this law code have been excavated at several archaeological sites in Mesopotamia. This tablet was found at Nippur (modern Nuffar, Al-Qadisiyah Governorate, Iraq), southern Mesopotamia. Neo-Sumerian era, Ur III dynasty, 2112-2095 BCE. (Istanbul Archaeological Museums/Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul, Turkey).

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2014, July 18). Law Code of King Ur-Nammu. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2788/law-code-of-king-ur-nammu/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Law Code of King Ur-Nammu." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 18 Jul 2014. Web. 20 Feb 2025.

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