Code of Hammurabi

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Babylonian law code ancient legal code cuneiform inscription

The Code of Hammurabi is one of the earliest and most complete written legal codes, issued by the Babylonian king Hammurabi to regulate civil, criminal, and economic life in ancient Mesopotamia.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Code of Hammurabi canonical 15
Code of Hammurabi stele 3
Hammurabi’s Code 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Babylonian law code ⓘ
ancient legal code ⓘ
cuneiform inscription ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
surface form: Hammurabi’s Code
author Hammurabi ⓘ
civilization Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Mesopotamia
containsEpilogue yes ⓘ
containsPrologue yes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Babylon ⓘ
surface form: Babylonia
creator Hammurabi ⓘ
currentCity Paris ⓘ
currentLocation Louvre Museum ⓘ
dateOfCreation circa 1754 BCE ⓘ
depicts Hammurabi before the sun god Shamash ⓘ
discoveredAt Susa ⓘ
discoveredBy French archaeological expedition ⓘ
discoveredInCountry Iran ⓘ
discoveryDate 1901 ⓘ
hasPart epilogue ⓘ
laws ⓘ
prologue ⓘ
influenced subsequent Near Eastern legal traditions ⓘ
language Akkadian ⓘ
legalDomain civil law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
economic regulation ⓘ
legalPrinciple lex talionis ⓘ
presumption of innocence ⓘ
proportional punishment ⓘ
social status–based penalties ⓘ
length approximately 2.25 meters ⓘ
material diorite ⓘ
medium diorite stele ⓘ
numberOfLaws 282 ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Babylon ⓘ
purpose to establish justice in the land ⓘ
to protect the weak from the strong ⓘ
reignOf Hammurabi ⓘ
religiousContext Babylonian polytheism ⓘ
surface form: Mesopotamian religion
subjectMatter agriculture ⓘ
contracts ⓘ
criminal penalties ⓘ
family law ⓘ
inheritance ⓘ
liability ⓘ
property rights ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
trade ⓘ
wages ⓘ
timePeriod Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Old Babylonian period
writingSystem cuneiform ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mesopotamia → developedLegalCode → Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
Louvre Museum → notableWork → Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Code of Hammurabi stele
Covenant Code → comparedWith → Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
Akkadian → notableText → Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
Code of Hammurabi → alsoKnownAs → Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hammurabi’s Code
Code of Ur-Nammu → followedBy → Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
Department of Near Eastern Antiquities → hasCollection → Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Code of Hammurabi stele
Babylonian polytheism → associatedWith → Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
Babylonians → knownFor → Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
Hammurabi → knownFor → Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
Hammurabi → legalCode → Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
Near Eastern art → hasNotableWork → Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Code of Hammurabi stele
Hittite laws → relatedTo → Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
Ancient Near East → importantLawCodes → Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
Old Babylonian Empire → legalCode → Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
lex talionis → isExpressedIn → Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
Code of Lipit-Ishtar → precedes → Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
Middle Assyrian Laws → follows → Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
King of Babylon → associatedWith → Code of Hammurabi ⓘ