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Hammurabi, who is probably to be identified with the Amraphel of Gen. Xiv. 1, was the sixth king of the first known dynasty of Babylon, and he reigned for forty-three years - about 2130 - 2088 b.c., as far as can at present be determined. He was a successful ruler and an able administrator.

His Code of Laws is inscribed on a block of black diorite which was found on the acropolis of Susa by an expedition sent out by the French Government under M. De Morgan in 1901. At the top of the front side of the stele is a bas relief representing Hammurabi receiving the code from Shamash, the Sun-god. About one-eighth of the code (five columns) has been erased 3 the remaining forty-four columns contain two hundred and forty-eight separate provisions. These provisions relate almost exclusively to civil and criminal law.

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