Talk:Code of Ur-Nammu

message: This article does not state where the tablet is located today.  Surely it is in some museum.  I cannot seem to find anything on the web, only references to Wikipedia ... which is somewhat backwards, of course.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.156.49.28 (talk) 22:38, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a little late, but your request has been answered! Shii (tock) 05:05, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where is it? 

message: I originally copied the following 'example' of the code directlyh from the German wikipedia article, but I admit I found it dubious all along, since I could not find it corroborated in any other source; so I am removing it to here.  (Kudos again to "dab", for expertly spotting 'the weakest link' here!)
tukum bi lú ba-úš dumu nita nu-un-tuku dumu mí dam nu-un-tuku-A ibila A ni ḫé A [citation needed]
* "If someone dies and has no son, then an unmarried daughter is to be made his heiress."
I have no idea where the German wikipedia had got this one from; my hunch is that it is actually from Lipit-Ishtar, or some other early code... Til Eulenspiegel 13:47, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uncited clause 

message: Silver probably was far less abundant those days than it is today. I estimated by the silver price given here that a shekel is approx 2,50 eur. That would mean that, for example, ripping off a foot: 25 euro. Kidnapping: 40 euro + imprisonment.
What might have been that day's standard income for a peasant or a merchant? It'd be interesting to compare the fines.
--Sigmundur (talk) 18:08, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fines by modern standards 

message: An image used in this article, , has been nominated for deletion at Wikimedia Commons in the following category: Deletion requests November 2011 
;What should I do?
Don't panic; a discussion will now take place over on Commons about whether to remove the file. This gives you an opportunity to contest the deletion, although please review Commons guidelines before doing so.
* If the image is non-free then you may need to upload it to Wikipedia (Commons does not allow fair use)
* If the image isn't freely licensed and there is no fair use rationale then it cannot be uploaded or used.
This notification is provided by a Bot --CommonsNotificationBot (talk) 00:39, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: File:Khashkhamer seal moon worship.jpg Nominated for Deletion

message: Unless it is a law against not owning any slaves, then too much detail has been omitted.58.8.121.66 (talk) 09:24, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I strongly suspect this relates to a freeman killing another man's slave - particularly as a slave is the preferred fine, above a simple payment in silver. Also the fact that it's equivalent to cutting off a free man's foot seems to make this a reasonable assumption - Weregild operates like this in the Salic Code, social status determines value. We also have laws 31 and 32 for payment in kind for offenses that deprive the aggrieved of food, which is a recognition of the direct effect - in a famine, the silver may have a lesser value than the lost food, and I'd suggest that labour would be the same - depriving the victim of the slave's labour isn't (ideally) a matter of just paying silver, as the value of the labour at eg. harvest would be correspondingly increased.  I'm going to add this as a possible explanation in a note as it seems likely, but if anyone thinks this is too conjectural by all means let me know. VeritasVox (talk) 03:17, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  24 [....] clarification 

message: Does anyone have the best reference. I found a placeholder from a quick search, I have not had time to read it carefully yet.  Please replace with the better reference if known. Thanks!Wiki-proofer-and-tagger (talk) 07:29, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The placeholder turned out to be a good reference.Wiki-proofer-and-tagger (talk) 08:26, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Code or Ur-Nammu found in Sippar? 

message: Is it worth explaining that shekels/mina were units of value but not actual currency, like the saxon geld system or egyptian deben? Or is this too much explanation/spoon-feeding? VeritasVox (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 03:05, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shekels