Code of Hammurabi

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The Code of Hammurabi Translated by L. W. King (general-intelligence.com) The text of this work is based on the 1915 translation by L. W. King, which is now in the public domain. The typography and formatting are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License

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Code of Hammurabi (Wikipedia) The Code of Hammurabi is a Babylonian legal text composed during 1755–1750 BC. It is the longest, best-organized, and best-preserved legal text from the ancient Near East. It is written in the Old Babylonian dialect of Akkadian, purportedly by Hammurabi, sixth king of the First Dynasty of Babylon. The primary copy of the text is inscribed on a basalt stele 2.25 m (7 ft 4+1⁄2 in) tall.