Cone of Urukagina, earliest known legal reforms

c. 2350 BC · Sumer

Cone of Urukagina, earliest known legal reforms, from Sumer, dated c. 2350 BC. It was found at Girsu (Tello). Today it is kept at the Louvre, Paris.

Date

c. 2350 BC

Civilization

Sumer

Found at

Girsu (Tello)

Where it is today

Louvre, Paris

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