Code of Ur-Nammu

Code of Ur-Nammu
The first known version of the code in its current location
Createdc. 2100 BC
LocationIstanbul Archaeology Museums (Ni.3191) (originally Nippur, Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq))
AuthorUr-Nammu
PurposeLegal code

The Code of Ur-Nammu is the oldest known surviving law code. It is from Mesopotamia and is written on tablets, in the Sumerian language. It contains strong statements of royal power like "I eliminated enmity, violence, and cries for justice."

Ur-Nammu's codes and reforms have been seen as some of the earliest documented cases of regard for widows, orphans, and the poor in the Fertile Crescent.

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