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PRE-CHRISTIAN LAW Babylonian, Ancient Egyptian and Old Testament Law |
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| THE HUMMURABI CODE |
| Let any oppressed man who has cause come into the presence of the statute of me, the king of justice, and then read carefully my inscribed stele... may he understand his cause.... may he set his mind at ease. |
| Hand-carved, Indiana limestone sculpture of the Great Code of Hummurabi with the above inscription carved in cuneiform text. |