Foundation tablet Reign of Shulgi From the Temple of Dimtabba in Ur

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·Ur.jpg

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A bureaucratic golden age, the Code of Ur-Nammu.

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Image: Gary Todd — Wikimedia Commons. source
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