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Title/Caption
Law
Code
of
Hammurabi
,
king
of
Babylon
Date of Work
ca. 1792-1750 BCE
Description of View
Detail
view
:
upper
part
with
Hammurabi
appearing
before
seated
Shamash
,
god
of the
sun
and of
justice
Notes
Found
in
Susa
(Iran)
,
where
it
was
carried
as
spoils
of
war
. The
basalt
stele
was
probably
originally
erected
at
Sippar
(Iraq)
. The
text
is
written
in
cuneiform
script
and the
Akkadian
language
.
It
is
not a
code
of
laws
in the
sense
that
we
understand
it
today
, but
rather
a
compendium
of
legal
precedents
.
Technique/Process
relief
sculpture
Materials/Medium
stone
(black
basalt)
Dimensions
2.25 meters x 65 cm
Period
Ancient
Near
Eastern
(Mesopotamia)
,
Babylonian
Dynasty
1st
(Amorite)
dynasty
of
Babylon
Century
18th
Century
BCE
Style of Work
Babylonian
Location.Discovery Site
found
at
Shush
[ancient
Susa]
,
Khuzestan
province
(Iran)
Location.Current Site/City & Country
Paris
(France)
Location.Current Repository
Musee
du
Louvre
Repository Notes
Excavations
led
by
Jacques
de
Morgan
,
19011902
.
Inventory
No
.
Sb
8
Related Works
Law
Code
of
Hammurabi
Related Persons
Hammurabi
,
King
of
Babylon
(reigned
ca.
1792?-1750?)
.
Sixth
king
of
1st
(Amorite)
dynasty
of
Babylon
Subject
Sculpture, Mesopotamian
Sculpture, Babylonian
18th Century BCE
Stelae
Laws
Figures, male
Rulers (people)
Shamash (Babylonian deity)
Publisher
Saskia
Ltd
.
Cultural
Documentation
Publisher.Location
Freeport, Maine (United States)
Credit Line
(C)
Dr
.
Ronald
V
.
Wiedenhoeft
Reference Number
Saskia Jii-0648
Collection Title
Sculpture
(Art
and
Art
History
Department
images)
Collection Information
Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Copyright Information
http://contentdm.unl.edu/ah_copyright.html
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