The Oldest Code of Laws in the World / The code of laws promulgated by Hammurabi, King of Babylon, B.C. 2285-2242

Transcribed from the 1903 T. & T. Clark edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk
THE CODE OF LAWS PROMULGATED BY HAMMURABI, KING OF BABYLON b.c. 2285-2242
TRANSLATED
C. H. W. JOHNS, M.A.
LECTURER IN ASSYRIOLOGY, QUEENS’ COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE author of “assyrian deeds and documents” “an assyrian doomsday book”
EDINBURGH T. & T. CLARK, 38 GEORGE STREET 1903
PRINTED BY MORRISON AND GIBB LIMITED
FOR
T. & T. CLARK, EDINBURGH
london: simpkin, marshall, hamilton, kent, and co. limited new york: charles scribner’s sons
first impression . . . February 1903.