Smithsonian Report, 1959—Bobula PLATE 6 
1. Stone monument of King Ur-Nammu, founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur, ca. 2060 B.C. 
Libation propitiating deities of the date palm, the “‘tree of life.” In the lower register 
the king carries the tools of the temple builder; his code is the first known code of law. 
2. Fragment of limestone relief from Ur; the oldest representation in art of a wheeled 
chariot, dated ca. 2500 B.C. The chariot is covered with the symbolic, spotted leopard 
skin. (Both objects in University Museum, Philadelphia.) 
