Sumerian Divine Kingship + Priestly Exemption (~24th c. BCE)
Self-Authored Root — divine-king/priestly exemption (~24th c. BCE)
Code of Ur-Nammu prologue: the moon god Nanna selects Ur-Nammu as king; Hammurabi's prologue casts the king as divinely appointed. Uruinimgina/Urukagina of Lagash (~24th c.
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