Author(s)

Martha T. Roth

Contributors

Martha T. Roth, translator/editor

Keywords

law, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Hammurabi

Abstract

Critical translation of the Laws of Hammurabi, c. 1750 BCE

Description

Critical translation of the Laws of Hammurabi, c. 1750 BCE. Translation of the Codex Hammurabi (the Code of Hammurabi) by Martha Roth, the Chauncey S. Boucher Distinguished Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.

Document Type

Primary Sources/Text Translation Projects

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