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Catalogue entry from CDLI (Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)) — PBS 08/2, 120. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format). [year-name] Dated to Hammurabi…
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A major surviving ancient law collection, carved on a basalt stela over two meters tall. Royal authority and legal decisions become a monument; this is not a code in the modern sense.