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Title: The Oldest Code of Laws in the World
Author: King of Babylonia Hammurabi
Translator: C. H. W. Johns
Release date: November 25, 2005 [eBook #17150]
Most recently updated: December 13, 2020
Language: English
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Credits: Transcribed from the 1903 T. & T. Clark edition by David Price
Transcribed from the 1903 T. & T. Clark edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk
THE OLDEST CODE OF LAWS IN THE WORLD
THE CODE OF LAWS PROMULGATED BY
HAMMURABI, KING OF BABYLON
TRANSLATED
BY
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
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