Code of Hammurabi

Code of Hammurabi

The code of Hammurabi is a collection of laws and edicts of the renowned Babylonian King Hammurabi. It is the earliest known, complete legal code. In 1901, a team of French archaeologists at Susa, Iraq, unearthed a copy of the code, engraved in a block of black diorite. Nearly 8 feet in height, the block was broken in three pieces. It was restored, and is now in the Louvre Museum in Paris.