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Historical Archive: Code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon; Stele of Hammurabi

Basalt, 2.25 m. x 65 cm. Old Babylonian, 1792-1750 BCE. Louvre, Near Eastern Antiquities, Sb 8
From Susa (Iran), probably originally from Sippar.


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front with people
for scale 		Click to enlarge.
left side 		Click to enlarge.
front 		Click to enlarge.
front/right side 		Click to enlarge.
right side
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figures, angle
view from left 		Click to enlarge.
King Hammurabi
and god Shamash 		Click to enlarge.
Hammurabi 		Click to enlarge.
Hammurabi,
upper part 		Click to enlarge.
Shamash
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Shamash, upper
part 		Click to enlarge.
Akkadian
inscription in
cuneiform script 		Click to enlarge.
Akkadian
inscription in
cuneiform script