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If a builder build a house for some one, and does not construct it properly, and the house which he built fall in and kill its owner, then that builder shall be put to death. Hammurabi. Fall, House, Doe. Hammurabi (1996). “The Code of Hammurabi”, p.80, Library of Alexandria. 67 Copy quote.
Quotes from Hammurabi's Code of Hammurabi. Learn the important quotes in Code of Hammurabi and the chapters they're from, including why they're important and what they mean in the context of the book.
Significant quotes in The Code Of Hammurabi, King Of Babylon with explanations.
27 lut 2024 · Section 196 of the Code of Hammurabi (translated by Leonard William King, 1910). Alternately translated as: If a man destroy the eye of another man, they shall destroy his eye. Laws of justice which Hammurabi, the wise king, established.
The Code of Hammurabi is a Babylonian legal text composed during 1755–1750 BC. It is the longest, best-organized, and best-preserved legal text from the ancient Near East. It is written in the Old Babylonian dialect of Akkadian, purportedly by Hammurabi, sixth king of the First Dynasty of Babylon.
Hammurabi, the king of righteousness, on whom Shamash has conferred right (or law) am I. My words are well considered; my deeds are not equaled; to bring low those that were high; to humble the proud, to expel insolence.
Read the full prologue of Hammurabi's law code and compare cuneiform signs, transliterations, normalizations, and English translations of up to seven sources.
