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# Code of Ur-Nammu
# Code of Ur-Nammu
## Overview
The Code of Ur-Nammu (~2100–2050 BCE) is the oldest known legal code, predating the Code of Hammurabi by ~300 years. It was issued by Ur-Nammu (or his son Shulgi) of the Third Dynasty of Ur.
## Key Facts
- Date: ~2100–2050 BCE
- Issuer: Ur-Nammu or Shulgi, Third Dynasty of Ur
- Language: Sumerian
- Discovered: Fragments found at Nippur and Ur
## Content
- Prologue establishes the king as agent of divine justice
- ~30 surviving laws (originally more)
- Covers: Bodily injury, robbery, sexual offenses, marriage, slavery, agricultural disputes
- Uses monetary compensation (fines) rather than *lex talionis* ("eye for an eye") [^1]
## Significance
- Oldest known legal code, predating Hammurabi by ~300 years
- Shows that Sumerian legal tradition favored fines over physical punishment
- Demonstrates sophisticated legal thinking in the 3rd millennium BCE [^2]
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[^1]: Roth, M.T. *Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor* (1997)
[^2]: Kramer, S.N. "Ur-Nammu Law Code" *Orientalia* 23 (1954)
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