The Code of Hammurabi

by Anonymous and André Finet

Book Overview

Complete English translation with a running parallel transliteration of the original ideograms of The Code of Hammurabi, the longest surviving legal text from the Old Babylonian period The Code of Hammurabi is a collection of laws proscribed by Hammurabi, the sixth King of the First Dynasty of Babylon, and reigned from approximately 1792 BC to 1750 BC. These were inscribed on cuneiform tablets towards the end of his reign and discovered on the acropolis...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584770031
• ISBN13: 9781584770039
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"