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~1792 BCE·Old Babylonian

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SAOC 44, 96

(obverse) [...] ... barley(?), gur-measure(?) [...] at(?) the harvest(?) ... [It bears interest of ...] [...]-attum [...] ... has/bears [...] [...] ... [...]-tum(?) [...]-e [Before A]hi-ša-gimil (witness); before Lipit-Ištar, the scribe (witness). [Month]: Šu-numun (fourth month). [Year: Ha]mmurabi the king [... a statue(?)] whose face (was of) gold [...].

Law

~1792 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

PBS 08/2, 124

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — PBS 08/2, 124. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Hammurabi y1 — Hammurabi became king based on canonical year-name formula in the translit…

~1792 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

SA 191

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — SA 191. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Hammurabi y1 — Hammurabi became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transliteration…

~1792 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

JAC 29, 023-030 05

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — JAC 29, 023-030 05. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Hammurabi y1 — Hammurabi became king based on canonical year-name formula in the tra…

~1791 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

AUCT 4, 039

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — AUCT 4, 039. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Hammurabi y2 — Year after: Hammurabi became king based on canonical year-name formula in th…

~1754 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Code of Hammurabi (stele)

Not the first law code, but the most complete and the most famous. Inscribed on a black diorite stele over two meters tall, displayed in a public place — law made visible, law made monumental.

~1749 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Berens 095

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — Berens 095. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Samsu-iluna y1 — Samsu-iluna became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transli…

~1749 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Fs Lenoble 165, no. 23

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — Fs Lenoble 165, no. 23. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Samsu-iluna y1 — Samsu-iluna became king based on canonical year-name formula in…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1749 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

PBS 08/1, 090

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — PBS 08/1, 090. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Samsu-iluna y1 — Samsu-iluna became king based on canonical year-name formula in the tran…

~1749 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

PBS 08/2, 127

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — PBS 08/2, 127. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Samsu-iluna y1 — Samsu-iluna became king based on canonical year-name formula in the tran…

~1749 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

PBS 08/2, 137

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — PBS 08/2, 137. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Samsu-iluna y1 — Samsu-iluna became king based on canonical year-name formula in the tran…

~1749 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

PBS 08/2, 145

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — PBS 08/2, 145. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Samsu-iluna y1 — Samsu-iluna became king based on canonical year-name formula in the tran…

~1749 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

PBS 08/2, 180

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — PBS 08/2, 180. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Samsu-iluna y1 — Samsu-iluna became king based on canonical year-name formula in the tran…

~1749 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

SA 196

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — SA 196. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Samsu-iluna y1 — Samsu-iluna became king based on canonical year-name formula in the translitera…

~1749 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

SAOC 44, 14

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — SAOC 44, 14. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Samsu-iluna y1 — Samsu-iluna became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transl…

~1749 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

SAOC 44, 77

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — SAOC 44, 77. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Samsu-iluna y1 — Samsu-iluna became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transl…

~1749 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

VS 18, 004

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — VS 18, 004. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Samsu-iluna y1 — Samsu-iluna became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transli…

~1749 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

VS 18, 011

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — VS 18, 011. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Samsu-iluna y1 — Samsu-iluna became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transli…

~1683 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

VS 18, 013

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — VS 18, 013. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Ammi-ditana y1 — Ammi-ditana became king based on canonical year-name formula in the transli…

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