Stele of Hammurabi / Law Code of Hammuabi / Stela of Hammurabi / 3/4 view of proper left. Detail: Upper portion of relief showing figures at top, and inscriptions on front and side / Old Babylonian period; Creation date: ca. 1792-1750 BCE
About this Item
Record Details
- Creator/Culture
- Babylonian
- Site/Repository
- Discovery location: (Susa) Shūsh (Khuzestan, Iran)
- Repository: Musée du Louvre (Paris, France)
- 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
- 868421
- Digital filename
- 07vjii0652
- Classification Filing Number
- 216
- J
- 75H 3c
- HART Image Order Number
- 220402
- Date Added/Updated
- 2012-11-25 08:12:51
Technical Details
- Collection
- History of Art, VRC Image Bank
- Image Size
- 1960 x 3044
- File Size
- 794 KB
- Record
- 868421
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-868421/07vjii0652
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History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 868421. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-868421/07vjii0652. May 18, 2024.