Hammurabi
law:code:hammurabiCode of Hammurabi (c.1754 BCE, Babylon); 282 laws on black diorite stele; lex talionis; class-differentiated penalties; prologue invokes Marduk and Shamash; Yale and Louvre copies.
Code of Hammurabi (c.1754 BCE, Babylon); 282 laws on black diorite stele; lex talionis; class-differentiated penalties; prologue invokes Marduk and Shamash; Yale and Louvre copies.