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#UrNammu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Ur-Nammu

"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.""

https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/grand-statements-about-justice

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