Media Contributed by Rick
Hammurabi code Istanbul A version of the code at the Istanbul Archaeological Museums.
Hammurabi's Code on a basalt stele Nearly complete example of the code discovered in 1901 and on display in the Louvre. Akkadian language, using cuneiform script is carved into a 2.25 m (7.4 ft) tall basalt stele in the shape of a index finger
Code of Hammurabi Clay Tablet Prologue of the Code of Hammurabi (the 305 first inscripted squares on the stele). Some gaps in the list of benefits bestowed on cities recently annexed by Hammurabi may prove the tablet is older than the celebrated basalt stele (also in the Louvre)
Hammurabi receiving his royal insignia Hammurabi, standing, receives his royal insignia from Shamash (or possibly Marduk). He holds his hands over his mouth as a sign of prayer. Relief from the upper part of the stele of Hammurabi's code.
Hammurabi By Sculpture by Thomas Hudson Jones at the United States Congress
Hammurabi's Babylonia Babylonian territory upon Hammurabi's ascension in 1792 BC and upon his death in 1750 BC
Queen of the Night Known as the Burney relief or Queen of the Night Relief: The figure could be an aspect of the goddess Ishtar, Babylonian goddess of sex and love
