The Code of Hammurabi: Annotated

The Code of Hammurabi: Annotated
ISBN-10
ISBN-13
9798743092932
Series
The Code of Hammurabi
Pages
98
Language
English
Published
2021-04-23
Publisher
Independently Published
Author
Hammurabi Hammurabi

Description

he Code of Hammurabi (Codex Hammurabi) is a well-preserved ancient law code, created ca. 1790 BC (middle chronology) in ancient Babylon. It was enacted by the sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi. One nearly complete example of the Code survives today, inscribed on a seven foot, four inch tall basalt stele in the Akkadian language in the cuneiform script. One of the first written codes of law in recorded history. These laws were written on a stone tablet standing over eight feet tall (2.4 meters) that was found in 1901.

Other editions