num_pages: 320
description: This book on the legal Code of Hammurabi was published only three years after the monument on which it was engraved was discovered. This is a complete English translation of the code with a running parallel transliteration of the original ideograms. All corrections and erasures are included. This edition also includes facsimiles of all of the original cuneiform tablets, a thorough glossary and index of subjects, lists of proper names and tables of weights and currencies.
language: English
title: The Code of Hammurabi King of Babylon
titlecomplete: The Code of Hammurabi King of Babylon
genres: Historical, History, Classics, Law, Ancient, Philosophy, Religion, Ancient History, Politics, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1149
publisher: University Press of the Pacific