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The Code of Hammurabi
Hammurabi, King of Babylon · Ancient Near East · c. 1754 BCE
Translated by C. H. W. Johns (1903)
12 chapters
The oldest surviving complete law code — 282 laws promulgated by Hammurabi, king of Babylon, preserved on a basalt stele now in the Louvre.
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Contents
- 1Introduction by C. H. W. Johns
- 2Laws 1–25
- 3Laws 26–50
- 4Laws 51–109
- 5Laws 110–134
- 6Laws 135–159
- 7Laws 160–184
- 8Laws 185–209
- 9Laws 210–234
- 10Laws 235–259
- 11Laws 260–282
- 12The Epilogue
