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The Code of Hammurabi (1792-1750 BCE), 282 laws. Detail of the stele,front side:the code. Engraved black basalt stele (1st half 19th BCE, 1st Babylonian Dynasty). Originally from Babylon, found at Susa, Iran. Height 225 cm
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The Code of Hammurabi (1792-1750 BCE), 282 laws. Detail of the stele,fron...

Orant of Larsa, probably Hammurabi (1792-1750 BCE), law-giver and sixth king of the Amorite dynasty of Babylon. From Larsa.See 08-02-10/39. Bronze, face and hands gold-plated. H: 19,6 cm AO 15704
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Orant of Larsa, probably Hammurabi (1792-1750 BCE), law-giver and sixth king of...

The Code of Hammurabi (1792-1750 BCE), 282 laws. Hammurabi standing before the sun-god Shamash. Engraved black basalt stele (1st half 19th BCE, 1st Babylonian Dynasty). Engraved in cuneiform letters. Originally from Babylon, found at Susa, Iran. Height 225 cm
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The Code of Hammurabi (1792-1750 BCE), 282 laws. Hammurabi standing before the...

The Code of Hammurabi (1792-1750 BCE), 282 laws. Hammurabi standing before the sun-god Shamash. Engraved black basalt stele (1st half 19th BCE, 1st Babylonian Dynasty). Engraved in cuneiform letters. Originally from Babylon, found at Susa, Iran. Height 225 cm
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The Code of Hammurabi (1792-1750 BCE), 282 laws. Hammurabi standing before the...

The Code of Hammurabi (1792-1750 BCE), 282 laws. Hammurabi standing before the sun-god Shamash. Engraved black basalt stele (1st half 19th BCE, 1st Babylonian Dynasty). Engraved in cuneiform letters. Originally from Babylon, found at Susa, Iran. Height 225 cm
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The Code of Hammurabi (1792-1750 BCE), 282 laws. Hammurabi standing before the...

Kudurru of Babylonian king Melishishu II (1202-1188) showing emblems of the chief gods Anu,Enlil and Ea; above them the crescent of the moon god, the star of Ishtar and the sun of Shamash. At the bottom snake and scorpion of the underworld. Limestone, 68x30 cm Sb 22
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Kudurru of Babylonian king Melishishu II (1202-1188) showing emblems of the c...

Kudurru of Babylonian King Melishishu II,1202-1188 BCE who presents his daughter (holding a harp) to Nanai, goddess of health and medicine (detail of 08-02-05/60) Black limestone Kudurru found at Susa, Iran 83 x 42 cm - Sb 23
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Kudurru of Babylonian King Melishishu II,1202-1188 BCE who presents his daughte...

Hunting Patera (perhaps the king of Ugarit hunting). Relief from the bottom of a gold dish (14th-13th BCE). Detail, from Ras Shamra, ancient Ugarit, Syria. See 08-02-08/24 Gold, 18,8 cm across AO 17 208
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Hunting Patera (perhaps the king of Ugarit hunting). Relief from the bottom o...

The first alphabet. Relief from the top of the sarcophagus of King Ahiram, from Byblos, Lebanon
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The first alphabet. Relief from the top of the sarcophagus of Ki...

King sitting on his throne, table with offerings, his son, and courtiers. Relief from the top of the sarcophagus of Ahiram, King of Byblos, from Byblos, Lebanon
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King sitting on his throne, table with offerings, his son,...

Assyrian soldiers cut the rope to a pail for a well in the besieged city. Detail from Ashurnazirpal's siege of a city. Stone bas-relief (9th BCE) from the palace of Ashurnazirpal II in Nimrud, Mesopotamia. WA 124530
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Assyrian soldiers cut the rope to a pail for a well in the besieged city. De...

King Ashurnazirpal (883-859 BCE) in royal progress. Detail from Ashurnazirpal's siege of a city. Stone bas-relief (9th BCE) from the palace of Ashurnazirpal II in Nimrud, Mesopotamia.
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King Ashurnazirpal (883-859 BCE) in royal progress. Detail from Ashurnazirpa...