The Hammurabi code and the Sinaitic legislation / with a complete translation of the great Babylonian inscription discovered at Susa, by Chilperic Edwards.

  • Hammurabi
Date:
1904
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Credit: The Hammurabi code and the Sinaitic legislation / with a complete translation of the great Babylonian inscription discovered at Susa, by Chilperic Edwards. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    warrior in Karkar who has set out the vessels of E Udgalgal. The king who has given life to Adab, the prelate of the temple of E Makh. The royal prince of the city, wrestler with- out rival, who has given life to Mashkan- shabri, who has made [the temple of] Shid- lam drink of abundance. The wise, the active, who has struck down the bandits, who has sheltered the people of Malka during troubles, and has established their habitations in abundance. Who has instituted pure offerings for ever for Ea and Damgalnunna, because they have exalted his sovereignty. The royal ruler of the city who has subju- gated the districts on the river Euphrates, the favoured of Dagan, his creator, who has rewarded the men of Mera and of Tutul. The renowned potentate, who has made the face of Nanna to shine, who has placed pure food before Ninazu, who fills his people during dearth, and assures them their goods in peace in the suburbs of Babylon. The shepherd of men, the servant who pleases Anunit, who installed Anunit in E Ulmash in the suburbs of Agade. The prom dgator of justice, the guider of
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