EditorialRoyal head, perhaps depicting Hammurabi (1792-1750 BCE). From Susa. As on the stele of Hammurabi, the prince is wearing a rounded cap with a high brim, similar to that worn by king Gudea. Diorite, H: 15 cm Sb 95.
EditorialLaw Code of Hammurabi, king of Babylon. Basalt. 18th century BC. Detail relief: Hammurabi (standing) depicted as receiving his royal insignia from Shamash, god of justice. Louvre Mueum. Paris, France.
EditorialStatuette of a kneeling man, known as The Worshipper of Larsa. Dedicated by an inhabitant of Larsa to the god Amurru for the life of Hammurabi. Bronze and gold, early 2nd millenium BC. This votive statuette has an inscription, in one of the sides, dedi...
EditorialThe Code of Hammurabi (1792-1750 BCE), 282 laws. Hammurabi standing before the sun-god Shamash. Engraved black basalt stele (1st half 19th BCE, 1st Babylonian Dynasty). Originally from Babylon, found at Susa, Iran. Height 225 cm.
EditorialOrant of Larsa, probably Hammurabi (1792-1750 BCE), law-giver and sixth king of the Amorite dynasty of Babylon. From Larsa. See 08-02-04 / 42. Bronze, face and hands gold-plated. H: 19,6 cm AO 15704.
EditorialOrant of Larsa, probably Hammurabi (1792-1750 BCE), law-giver and sixth king of the Amorite dynasty of Babylon. From Larsa. See 08-02-10 / 39. Bronze, face and hands gold-plated. H: 19,6 cm AO 15704.
EditorialStatuette of a kneeling man, known as The Worshipper of Larsa. Dedicated by an inhabitant of Larsa to the god Amurru for the life of Hammurabi. Bronze and gold, early 2nd millenium BC. This votive statuette has an inscription, in one of the sides, dedi...
EditorialCuneiform tablet: hymn to Marduk, Neo-Babylonian (?), 1st millennium B.C., Mesopotamia, Babylonian (?), Clay, 3 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (9 x 9.8 x 2.9 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed, The god Marduk first became an important god in the early second millenn...
EditorialStatuette of a kneeling man, known as The Worshipper of Larsa. Dedicated by an inhabitant of Larsa to the god Amurru for the life of Hammurabi. Bronze and gold, early 2nd millenium BC. This votive statuette has an inscription, in one of the sides, dedi...
EditorialLaw Code of Hammurabi, king of Babylon. Basalt. 18th century BC. Detail relief: Hammurabi (standing) depicted as receiving his royal insignia from Shamash, god of justice. Louvre Mueum. Paris, France.
EditorialARTE MESOPOTAMICO. ASIRIO-BABILONICO. S. XVIII a. C. CODIGO DE HAMMURABI. Monumento m?s importante de la antigua legislaci?n mesopot?mica. Primer c?digo legislado para toda Mesopotamia. Detalle del REY (DINASTIA AMORITA, h. -1728 a h. -1686) ante la di...
EditorialARTE MESOPOTAMICO. ASIRIO-BABILONICO. S. XVIII a. C. CODIGO DE HAMMURABI. Monumento m?s importante de la antigua legislaci?n mesopot?mica. Primer c?digo legislado para toda Mesopotamia. Detalle de la escritura cuneiforme. Museo del Louvre. Par?s. Francia.
EditorialCodex Hammurabi (1790 BCE), the first set of laws ever put into writing. From the original 292 laws, only paragraphs 147-179 were generally used in law courts. Sumerian terracotta tablet 14.5 x 10 x 13.3 cm.
EditorialBilingual cone commemorating the construction, by king Hammurabi, of the enclosure wall of the town of Sippar. First half 18th BCE Baked clay, 9,5 x 6 cm AO 3277.
EditorialOrant of Larsa, probably Hammurabi (1792-1750 BCE), law-giver and sixth king of the Amorite dynasty of Babylon. From Larsa. See 08-02-04 / 42. Bronze, face and hands gold-plated. H: 19,6 cm AO 15704.
EditorialChronological list of kings of Larsa from 2025-1763 BCE Terracotta prism with Cuneiform writing from the third year the reign of King Hammurabi, 1st Babylonian Dyn. (1792-1750 BCE). From Larsa, Iraq 29.5 x 10 cm-AO 7025.
EditorialFragment of a stone stele dedicated by Itur-Ashdum, probably from Sippar, Meopotamia, Iraq. 1760-1750 BCE. The cuneiform inscription states that a high official called Itur Ashdum dedicated a statue to the goddess Ashratum in her temple, on behalf of K...