Cast

Stela

Object Title:

Law Code of Hammurabi

Object Number:

B1999

Current Location:

Collections storage

Provenience:

Mesopotamia

Section:

Near Eastern

Materials:

Plaster

Technique:

Cast

Iconography:

King
Hammurabi
Sun God
Inscription
Law

Description:

Plaster reproduction of the Law Code of Hammurabi showing king before Sun God. Original is the the Louvre, Paris.

Height:

230cm

Width:

71cm

Depth:

50cm

Tokens to Tablets: Glimpses into 6000 Years of the History of the Ancient Near East (14 Nov 1987 - Aug 2006)