Stele of Hammurabi / Law Code of Hammuabi / Stela of Hammurabi / Front view / Old Babylonian period; Creation date: ca. 1792-1750 BCE

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Work Title: Stele of Hammurabi; Law Code of Hammuabi; Stela of Hammurabi
View Title: Front view
Creator/Culture: Babylonian
Site/Repository: Discovery location: (Susa) Shūsh (Khuzestan, Iran); Repository: Musée du Louvre (Paris, France)
Period/Date: Old Babylonian period; Creation date: ca. 1792-1750 BCE
Media/Technique: basalt
Dimensions: height of stele: 225 cm (88.58 inches) approximately, height of relief: 71.1 cm
Subjects: Sculptures (visual works); Iraq; Mesopotamia; Brouillard; Art, Assyro-Babylonian; Stelae; Laws; Shamash; Relief (sculpture techniques); Babylonia
Work Record ID: 144980
Image Record ID: 1293567
Digital filename: 07d112986
Classification Filing Number: 216; J; 75H 2
HART Image Order Number: 220041
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 05:33:40

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Image Size: 615 x 1800
File Size: 147 KB
Record: 1293567
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1293567/07d112986

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 1293567. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1293567/07d112986. June 16, 2024.