The Code of Hammurabi
- The Code of Hammurabi
- c. 1792 to 1750 B.C.E
- Basalt
- Babylon (modern Iran)
The Code of Hammurabi
- Image of power
- Depiction of Hammurabi given a staff and ring by a divine being (seen through rays of fire emitted by him)
- Basalt was difficult to carve
- advanced techniques and tools to carve
- wealthy and revered significance
- basalt to mean eternity because of its resistance to wear
- Writing is in cuneiform
- First written laws describing consequences of actions
- EX: If you steal, your hand gets cut off