Code of Hammurabi

Sculpture

Museum of Antiquities - University of Saskatchewan

Name/Title

Code of Hammurabi

Entry/Object ID

25NE02264

Description

An oblong black stela inscribed with cuneiform text wrapping around both sides. At the top is a relief of King Hammurabi and the god Shamash.

Type of Sculpture

Free Standing

Artwork Details

Medium

Plaster

Collection

Near East

Made/Created

Date made

1792 BCE - 1750 BCE

Time Period

1st Dynasty of Babylon

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Near Eastern - Babylonian

Dimensions

Height

225 cm

Width

79 cm

Research Notes

Research Type

Reference

Notes

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010174436

Research Type

Reference

Notes

Edwards, Chilperic. Thinker's Library: The World's Earliest Laws. London: Watts & CO., 1934. (See filing cabinet B for printed translation of the code. Will continue looking for a newer translation)