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Summary

Object

stele with the code of Hammurabi

Artist



Alternative names	Hammurapi
Description	king, monarch and leader
Date of birth/death	circa 1810 BC date QS:P,-1810-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902	circa 1750 BC date QS:P,-1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Location of birth/death	Babylonia	Babylonia
Authority file	: Q36359 VIAF: 280799209 ISNI: 000000038779161X LCCN: n50019979 NLA: 35167133 Open Library: OL4650663A WorldCat

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Title

Stele of Hammurabi

Object type

stele / sculpture / archaeological artifact

Genre

Babylonia

Depicted people

Hammurabi

Date

between circa 1793 and circa 1751 BC

Medium

black basalt and engraving

Dimensions

height: 225 cm (88.5 in)

; width: 79 cm (31.1 in)

; thickness: 47 cm (18.5 in)

Collection

Louvre Museum ( Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	1st arrondissement of Paris , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 000000012260177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre

Room 227

Accession number

Sb 8 ( Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre)

Object location

48° 51′ 39.5″ N, 2° 20′ 22.8″ E

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Place of creation

Mesopotamia

Place of discovery

Susa

Object history

between circa 1901 and circa 1902
date QS:P,+1901-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1901-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1902-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
: discovered ( Susa)

References

Authority file

: Q12397781
Louvre: 010174436

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Description

English: Top part of the Code of Hammurabi, c. 1760 BCE. Hammurabi before the sun-god Shamash. Black basalt. Louvre, Paris, Sb 8

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