King Ur-Nammu – King Of Ur, King Of Sumer And Akkad – The One Who Built The Temple Of Enlil

MessageToEagle.com – Ur-Nammu reigned 2047-2030 BC and was the founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur in Sumer.

He initiated the so-called Ur III Period (2047-1750 BC) also known as the Sumerian Renaissance.

King Ur-Nammu – king of Ur and king of Sumer and Akkad – was the one who built the temple of Enlil.

The object on his head (image to the left) represents a basket of Earth. It has a symbolic meaning of carrying material to build the temple.

Sumerians ‘kept’ the ancient African custom of carrying heavy loads on their heads.

See also:

Chogha Zanbil: Oldest Existing Ziggurat In The Near East

Codes Of Ur Nammu: World’s Oldest Known Law Code

Code Of Babylonian King Hammurabi 

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.

He is best known as the king who composed the first complete law code in the world, ‘The Code of Ur-Nammu’ – the Oldest Law Book.

An earlier law code (known as the Code of Urukagina from the 24th century BC) is only known through partial references to it and so, since the actual text itself has not been found, Ur-Nammu’s code is considered the oldest extant.

However, according to certain claims it could actually have been his son Shulgi who ordered the laws to be written down after his father’s death in battle.

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