Law Code of Hammurabi, king of Babylon. Basalt. 18th century BC. Detail relief: Hammurabi (standing) depicted as receiving his royal insignia from Shamash, god of justice. Louvre Mueum. Paris, France.

18TH CENTURY BC • AKKADIAN LANGUAGE • ALPHABET • AMORITES, CANAAN, BIBLE OT • ANCIENT AGE • ANCIENT • ANT. OR.: AMORITES, BIBLE OT • ANT. OR.: MESOPOTAMIA • ANTIQUE • ANTIQUITIES ORIENTAL: MESOPOTAMIA • ART • ARTS • ASSYRIA • ASSYRIAN • ASSYRIANS • BABYLON • BABYLONIAN ART • BAS-RELIEF • BASALT • BIBLE OT: AMORITES, CANAAN • BLACK PERSON • BLACK RACE • BLACK • CARVED • CIVILISATION • CIVILIZACION • CIVILIZATION • CLOTHES • CODE OF HAMMURABI • CODE • COMPENDIUM • CROWNJEWELS • CULT • CUNEIFORM WRITING • CUNEIFORM • CUNEIFORME • DEITY • DETAIL • DIVINITY • DRESS • DYNASTY • EMBOSSED • EPIC • FURNITURE: THRONE • GARMENT • GOD • GODHEAD • GODS • GOWN • HAMMURABI CODE • HAMMURABI • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • IMPERIAL REGALIA • IRAQ • JUDICIARY • JUSTICE • JUSTITIA • KING • LAW CODE OF HAMMURABI • LAW CODE • LAW • LAWS • LEGAL • LEGEND • LEGISLATION • MESOPOTAMIA • MESOPOTAMIAN ART • MESOPOTAMIAN • MESOPOTAMICA • MIDDLE EAST • MONARCH • MYTHOLOGY • NEGRA • OLD • ORTHOSTAT • PRINCE • REGALIA, CROWN JEWELS • REGISTRATION • RELIEF • RELIEFS • RELIEVE • RELIGION • RITE • RITUAL • ROYAL INSIGNIA • SAMASH • SCENE • SCULPTED • SCULPTING • SCULPTURE • SCULPTURE. • SEATED • SHAMASH • SIPPAR • SIT • SITS • SITTING • SOCIETY • SOUSSE • STAGE • STANDING • STELA • STELE • STELE, ALL • TEXT • THEATER • THEATRE • THRONE • WATER • WRITING • WRITTING