View homework help codigo shulgi from huma 1020 at national university. Ur nammu, was king of ur modernday southern iraq around 2000 bce, and founded the sumerian 3rd dynasty of ur, in southern mesopotamia, following several centuries of akkadian and gutian rule. All popular tracks tracks albums playlists reposts station follow share. This cylinder is the first copy found that originally had the whole text of the code, and it is the worlds oldest law code. Toggle mute use shift and the arrow up and down keys to change the volume. The ur nammu law code is the oldest known, written about 300 years before hammurabis law code. Test your knowledge of the characteristics of the code of urnammu with an interactive quiz and printable worksheet. The code of urnammu is the oldest known law code surviving today. Written in sumerian in cuneiform and dating from around 2100 bc, what remains of the code of laws gives us an insight into mesopotamian life around fifty years after the fall of the akkadian empire. He founded a new sumerian dynasty, the third dynasty of ur, that lasted a century. This damaged portion of the stele shows ur namma in the presence of an angel lamma, guardian spirit. The laws of urnammu is a sumerian law collection that dates to the end of the third millennium bce c.
In cuneiform law most ancient legislator known is urnammu, the founder of one of the sumerian dynasties at the city of ur. Beneath the lugal great man or king, all members of society belonged to one of two basic strata. Urnamma votive tablet translation sumerian shakespeare. The code of urnammu 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. Code of urnammu and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The code of urnammu is the oldest surviving code of laws. Ur namma foundation tablet with the same inscription as the votive tablet shown below.
The other possible ruler to whom the laws may be attributed is his son and successor sulgi r. The code of urnammu may be divided into two parts, the first is the prologue and the second is the laws themselves. Urnammus code was written in what is now known as the sumerian renaissance or the third dynasty of ur. His main achievement was statebuilding, and urnammu is chiefly remembered today for his legal code, the code of urnammu, the oldest known surviving example in the world. Urnammu article about urnammu by the free dictionary. Yearnames are known for 17 of urnammus 18 ud, but their order is uncertain. The first copy of the code, in two fragments found at nippur, was translated by samuel kramer in 1952.
When first found in 1901, the laws of hammurabi 17921750 bc were heralded as the earliest known laws. Then did urnammu the mighty warrior, king of ur, king of sumer and akkadby the might of nannalord of the city, and in accordance with the true word of utuestablish equity in the land. Code of urnammu 1 code of urnammu code of urnammu urnammu seated bestows governorship on. Jun 16, 2014 ur nammu is also credited as the builder of the great ziggurat of ur, which still rises above the ruins of the city in the modern day. Further it actually mentions the name of urnammu for the first time. His main achievement was statebuilding, and urnammu is chiefly remembered today for his legal code, the code of urnammu. The fact that ur namma keeps his hat on while in the presence of enlil shows that he too is a god. His code, dating from the middle of the 21st century bc, dealt with witchcraft, the flight of slaves, and bodily injuries. Although he is frequently credited with overthrowing the rule of the gutians who had conquered akkad and assumed control of sumer and the rest of mesopotamia, he actually followed the lead of the king of uruk. The law of ur nammu is the oldest recorded tablet of law that still exists today bible history, 2007, p. A more ample vestige of sumerian law is the socalled. Urnammu was the promulgator of the oldest code of law yet known, older. Urnammu, was king of ur modernday southern iraq around 2000 bce, and founded the sumerian 3rd dynasty of ur, in southern mesopotamia, following several centuries of akkadian and gutian rule. It is from mesopotamia and is written on tablets, in the sumerian language c.
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