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Sacred Texts: Ancient Near East

The Code of Hammurabi Index

Ancient Legal CodesBabylonian LawCode of HammurabiMesopotamian History

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This, the earliest known written legal code, was composed about 1780 B.C.E. by Hammurabi, the ruler of Bablyon. This text was excavated in 1901; it was carved on an eight foot high stone monolith.

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