Code of Ur-Nammu

Code of Ur-Nammu
The first known version of the code in its current location
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

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]