Law collections and royal edicts of the Bronze Age Near East, written in cuneiform and hieroglyphic traditions: the codes of the Sumerian and Babylonian kings, the Assyrian and Hittite laws, the edicts of Egyptian pharaohs and the reform decrees of early city rulers. A code belongs here when its cited article describes a law code, edict or proclamation issued by a ruler of Mesopotamia, Anatolia or Egypt. It excludes Greek and Roman codes and sacred law, which sit in their own groups.
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Wikipedia: Urukagina
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ruled in the 24th century BC as King of the city-states of Lagash and Girsu in Mesopotamia
Ammi-Saduqa (Wikipedia)
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was a king of the First Dynasty of Babylon
Code of Hammurabi (Wikipedia)
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The Code of Hammurabi is a Babylonian legal text composed c. 1753 BC.
Wikipedia: Edict of Horemheb
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The Edict of Horemheb, also known as the Great Edict of Horemheb, is an ancient Egyptian legal document commissioned by pharaoh Horemheb.
Hittite laws (Wikipedia)
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The Hittite laws, also known as the Code of the Nesilim, constitute an ancient legal code dating from c.
Wikipedia: Laws of Eshnunna
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The Laws of Eshnunna (abrv. LE) are inscribed on two cuneiform tablets discovered in Tell Abū Harmal, Baghdad, Iraq.
Assyrian law (Wikipedia)
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Assyrian law, also known as the Middle Assyrian Laws (MAL) or the Code of the Assyrians, was an ancient legal code developed between 1450 and 1250 BCE in the Middle Assyrian Empire.
Telepinu Proclamation (Wikipedia)
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Telipinu (or Telepinu) Proclamation is a Hittite edict, written during the reign of King Telipinu, c.
Code of Lipit-Ishtar (Wikipedia)
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As cuneiform law, it is a legal code written in cuneiform script in the Sumerian language.
Code of Ur-Nammu (Wikipedia)
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The Code of Ur-Nammu is the oldest known surviving law code.
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