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Softcover. Condizione: fair. First edition. Quarto. 269, [1]pp. Original printed wraps. Frontispiece. Scarce and fascinating work on the Code of Hammurabi (Codex Hammurabi) which is a well-preserved ancient law code, created ca. 1790 BC (middle chronology) in ancient Babylon. It was enacted by the sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi, and partial copies exist on a human-sized stone stele and various clay tablets. The Code consists of 281 laws (skipping number 13), with scaled punishments, adjusting "an eye for an eye" as graded depending on social status, of slave versus free man. One nearly complete example of the Code survives today, on a diorite stele in the shape of a huge index finger, 7.4 ft tall. The Code is inscribed in the Akkadian language, of the common people, using cuneiform script carved into the stele. Some age wear on wraps with front cover and spine missing. Title-page creased, soiled and slightly chipped on upper corner. The first 16 pages and the last 45 pages are separated from book block. Sporadic and minor soiling along paper margin. Text in German. Wraps in overall poor, interior in good condition.