Online Library of Liberty A project of Liberty Fund, Inc. This
layout is optimized for screen readers and other assistive
devices for the visually impaired. The Code of Hammurabi King of
Babylon about 2250 B.C. Autographed Text Transliteration
Translation Glossary Index of Subjects Lists of Proper Names
Signs Numerals Corrections and Erasures with Map Fronticepiece
and Photograph of Text, by Robert Francis Harper (Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1904). The Code of Hammurabi is a
collection of the King of Babylon’s laws which were inscribed on
stone columns towards the end of his reign. The 282 case laws
include economic provisions (prices, tariffs, trade, and
commercial regulations), family law (marriage and divorce), as
well as provisions dealing with criminal law (assault, theft)
and civil law (slavery, debt). Hammurabi’s Code is the most
complete record of ancient law in existence. The text is in the
public domain. This material is put online to further the
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