Hammurabi Ḥammurabi
king · Babylon · reigned c. 1792–1750 BC
Sixth king of the First Dynasty of Babylon. He had 282 laws carved on a stone pillar, and at the end set out why he had written them.
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c. 1754 BC
That the great should not oppress the weak, to counsel the widow and orphan, in Babylon, the city of Anu and Bêl, I raised up its head (the stele’s) in Ê-SAG-GIL (temple of Marduk there), the temple whose foundation is firm as the heaven and earth. To judge the judgment of the land, to decide the decisions of the land, to succor the injured, I wrote on my stele the precious words and placed them before my likeness, that of a righteous king.The Code of Hammurabi, epilogue · in place of the original: the English translation by C. H. W. Johns (1904)
c. 1754 BC
The oppressed who has a suit to prosecute may come before my image, that of a righteous king, and read my inscription and understand my precious words and may my stele elucidate his case.The Code of Hammurabi, epilogue · in place of the original: the English translation by C. H. W. Johns (1904)
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