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No. 9 · Museum artifacts

Code of Hammurabi

Old Babylonian Empire

A basalt stele carved with one of history’s earliest law codes.

Maker
Old Babylonian Empire
Date
c. 1754 BC
Era
Ancient
Style
Mesopotamia
Form
Inscription
Origin
Iraq
Where it is
Louvre, Paris
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