Code of Hammurabi

Ancient Inscriptions and Manuscripts

The Code of Hammurabi is a Babylonian legal text composed around 1753 BC, purportedly by Hammurabi, king of the First Dynasty of Babylon. Written in Old Babylonian Akkadian, its primary copy is inscribed on a basalt stele. The text includes a poetic prologue and epilogue, with conditional laws addressing criminal, family, property and commercial matters. The stele was rediscovered at Susa in 1901 and is now in the Louvre Museum.

Date composed: c. 1753 BC
Language: Old Babylonian dialect of Akkadian
Current location: Louvre Museum

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