Stone stele for worship.
King Hammurabi's official, Itur Ashdom, dedicated a stone stele to worship. The inscription reveals that he presented a statue of a lama to the goddess Ishatum on behalf of Hammurabi (rule: 1792-1750 BC). The carved statue of Hammurabi, his arm raised in devotion, stands to the left, facing the Achartum. Created in the First Dynasty of Babylon, around 1760-1750 BC, from Sippar, Mesopotamia. Preserved in the British Museum, London.
Hammurabi (in Akkadian ː, pronounced Amurabi, meaning the One who is exalted) was the sixth king of the First Babylonian dynasty and the first king of the Babylonian Empire. His reign lasted for approximately 42 years between 1792 and 1750 BC. Of Amorite origin, he inherited power from his father, Sin Mubalit, who abdicated the throne due to deteriorating health. When he took over the helm of government, the Mesopotamian region was composed of divided states struggling for power among themselves. During his reign, he conquered Elam, Larsa, Eshnunna, and Mari, and overthrew Ishmi Dagan I, king of Assyria, and forced his son Mut Ashkur to pay tribute, thus forming an empire that included all of Iraq. And the cities of the Levant to the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea, the Kingdom of Elam and other regions.
Hammurabi is famous for issuing his famous obelisk, carved from black diorite stone and preserved today in the Louvre Museum. Unlike earlier Sumerian laws, such as the Code of Ur-Nammu, which focused on compensation to the victim of a crime, the Code of Hammurabi was one of the first laws to focus more on physical punishment of the perpetrator. It stipulates specific penalties for each crime and is among the first laws to establish the presumption of innocence. Although its punishments are extremely harsh by modern standards, they were intended to limit what the wronged person was allowed to do as punishment.
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