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.
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...
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...