The Code of Hammurabi
The Code of Hammurabi. Babylon (modern Iran). Susian. c. 1792–1750 B.C.E. Basalt.
- LANGUAGE OF AKKADIAN
- USED FOR OFFICIAL GOVERNMENTAL DECREES
- 4,000 YRS OLD
- CARVED IN RELIEF
- INSCRIBED CUNEIFORM
- DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS
- PROLOGUE
- HAMMURABI
- KING ON LEFT FACING SUN GOD, GOD OF JUSTICE
- HORNED CROWN, FLAMES EMANATE FROM HIS SHOULDERS
- COMPOSITE VIEW
- BY SHOWING GOD HE DEMONSTRATES THAT THESE ARE DIVINE LAWS
- SCEPTER AND RING; SIGNS OF POWER; GIVING HIM POWER
- MORE THAN 300 GODS
- ACTION AND CONSEQUENCES
- AGRICULTURAL ISSUES, IRRIGATION
- EXPRESS CONCERNS, POINTS OF TENSION IN THE SOCIETY
- FAMILY LIFE