The Code of Hammurabi

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Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ancient legal code
gptkbp:created gptkb:Babylon
gptkbp:createdBy gptkb:Hammurabi
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:Louvre_Museum
gptkbp:depicts Hammurabi receiving laws from Shamash
gptkbp:discoveredIn gptkb:Susa
1901
gptkbp:hasInscription Babylonian scribes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Code of Hammurabi
gptkbp:influenced subsequent legal codes
gptkbp:material diorite
gptkbp:notableFor one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length
principle of lex talionis
gptkbp:numberOfFloors 282
gptkbp:purpose establish justice
regulate society
gptkbp:region gptkb:Mesopotamia
gptkbp:subject gptkb:family
gptkb:law
gptkb:murder
gptkb:crime
agriculture
irrigation
slavery
trade
civil law
judges
debt
inheritance
social class
wages
property law
adultery
false accusation
building regulations
presumption of innocence
contracts
interest rates
appeals process
punishments
rights of women
liability
trial by ordeal
fees for services
rights of children
rights of slaves
medical malpractice
gptkbp:writtenBy gptkb:statue
Akkadian
gptkbp:yearCreated circa 1754 BCE
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Palais_du_Louvre
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5