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~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…

Law

~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.

Law

~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…

Law

~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…

Law

~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…

Law

~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…

Law

~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…

Law

~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…

Law

~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…

Law

~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…

Law

~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…

Law

~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…

Law

~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…

Law

~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…

Law

~1340 BCE·Middle BabylonianEditorial

Amarna Letter EA 153 — Abi-milku of Tyre

Part of the earliest known body of international diplomatic correspondence. Akkadian, written in cuneiform on clay, was the lingua franca of Late Bronze Age statecraft — used between Egypt, the Hittites, Mitanni, Babylon, Assyria, and the Levantine vassals.

Daily Life·Law

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianEditorial

BAM 1, 005

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)) — BAM 1, 005. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianEditorial

BAM 1, 036

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)) — BAM 1, 036. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianEditorial

BAM 1, 037

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)) — BAM 1, 037. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianEditorial

BAM 2, 119

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)) — BAM 2, 119. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianEditorial

BAM 3, 263

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)) — BAM 3, 263. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Daily Life

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianEditorial

BAM 4, 336

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)) — BAM 4, 336. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

AUCT 4, 039

Code of Hammurabi (stele)

Berens 095

Fs Lenoble 165, no. 23

PBS 08/1, 090

PBS 08/2, 127

PBS 08/2, 137

PBS 08/2, 145

PBS 08/2, 180

SA 196

SAOC 44, 14

SAOC 44, 77

VS 18, 004

VS 18, 011

VS 18, 013

Amarna Letter EA 153 — Abi-milku of Tyre

BAM 1, 005

BAM 1, 036

BAM 1, 037

BAM 2, 119

BAM 3, 263

BAM 4, 336

BE 01/1, 034

BE 01/1, 035

BE 01/1, 039

BE 01/1, 055

BM 137414

CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 086

CDLI Literary 000371, ex. 025

CDLI Literary 000482, ex. 019

CDLI Literary 000646, ex. 001

CUSAS 17, 062

CUSAS 43, 34

EA 340

EA 341

EA 342

EA 343

EA 344

EA 345

EA 346

HSS 14, 030

HSS 14, 032

HSS 14, 033

LB 0976a

OIP 079, 02

PBS 01/2, 028

PBS 01/2, 111

RIMA 1.0.077.031, ex. 06

UET 6, 0888

AASOR 16, 015