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Codex Hammurapi or Code of Hammurabi,  | stela of legal provisions and the kings commitment to justice |
The Weld-Blundell Prism,  | The best surviving copy of the Sumerian Kings List, the prism records Gilgamesh among the succession of kings of Sumeria |
The Middle Assyrian Laws,  | Describes the laws and crimes of women |
Sargon’s Letter to Ashur,  | An account of a Neo-Syrian war campaign presented as a letter written to the God, Ashur |
The Flood Tablet,  | A recording of a scene from the Epic of Gilgamesh, its parallels to the bible caused a stir when it was discovered in 1872 |
Surface calculations at Jemdet Nasr or "Field of EN",  | Area calculations and distributions for six large fields, most of which belonged to the EN or “lord” |
Cylinders of Gudea,  | hymns that tell about dreams received as divine instructions to create a temple to Ningirsu |
The Manistusu obelisk,  | Outlines the acquisition of eight plots of land by the king of Sumeria |
The Stele of Vultures,  | Description of a battle between Lagash and Umma in which vultures prey on the dead bodies of enemies |
The Bīsitūn Inscription,  | A tri-lingual inscription from ancient Persia that aided the decipherment of cuneiform in the 19th century |
| How many of these objects can still be found in the Middle East? | One |
