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Code of Hammurabi

Code of Hammurabi — C. H. W. Johns, 1903

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THE OLDEST CODE OF LAWS IN THE WORLD THE CODE OF LAWS PROMULGATED BY HAMMURABI, KING OF BABYLON B.C. 2285-2242 _TRANSLATED_ BY C. H. W. JOHNS, M.A. LECTURER IN ASSYRIOLOGY, QUEENS' COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE AUTHOR OF "ASSYRIAN DEEDS AND DOCUMENTS" "AN ASSYRIAN DOOMSDAY BOOK" EDINBURGH T. & T. CLARK, 38 GEORGE STREET 1903 PRINTED BY MORRISON AND GIBB LIMITED FOR T. & T. CLARK, EDINBURGH LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT, AND CO. LIMITED NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS FIRST IMPRESSION . . . _February_ 1903. SECOND IMPRESSION . . . _March_ 1903. THIRD IMPRESSION . . . _May_ 1903. FOURTH IMPRESSION . . . _June_ 1903. "The discovery and decipherment of this Code is the greatest event in Biblical Archaeology for many a day. A translation of the Code, done by Mr. Johns of Queens' College, Cambridge, the highest living authority on this department of study, has just been published by Messrs. T. & T. Clark in a cheap and attractive booklet. Winckler says it is the most important Babylonian record which has thus far been brought to light."--_The Expository Times_.

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Recorded completeness: Complete historical source edition including title, introduction, all 248 supplied laws and index. Original numbering gaps between 1 and 282 preserved; absent laws not reconstructed.. Available reading sections are listed below.

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Classification: Ancient Near Eastern comparative text
Edition type: Historical Printing
Original language (catalog): Ancient source language
Reading language: eng
Recorded publication basis: Public domain (recorded basis)
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Provenance: Historical source wording, uncertainty markers and notes preserved without conjectural correction or translation. Plain-text presentation removes hosting markup and normalizes line endings. Complete historical source edition including title, introduction, all 248 supplied laws and index. Original numbering gaps between 1 and 282 preserved; absent laws not reconstructed.

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Source attribution and conditions: C. H. W. Johns, translator, T. & T. Clark 1903. Source acknowledgement: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17150 ; transcription David Price.

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