This basalt stele carries the longest and best-preserved law collection from the ancient Near East, issued by Hammurabi, sixth king of the First Dynasty of Babylon. About 4,130 lines of cuneiform set out the laws as "if… then" cases covering crime, family, property and trade. Carried off to Susa in Iran as plunder, it was excavated there in 1901–02.
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At the top, the king stands before the enthroned sun god Shamash, god of justice. Near the bottom, seven columns of laws were polished away in antiquity.
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