24 December, 2017 - 21:19 dhwty
The Code of Ur-Nammu: When Ancient Sumerians Laid Down the Law, Everyone Obeyed
The Code of Ur-Nammu is the oldest surviving law code. This text was written on clay tablets in the Sumerian language and is reckoned to have been produced towards the end of the 3rd millennium BC. The Code of Ur-Nammu may be divided into two parts, the first is the prologue and the second is the laws themselves. Apart from being the oldest surviving law code, the Code of Ur-Nammu is also important as it gives us a glimpse of the way justice was conceived in ancient Sumerian society.
http://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-writings/code-ur-nammu-when-ancient-sumerians-laid-down-law-everyone-obeyed-009333
