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The stele was found in three large fragments and reconstructed. [17] It is 225 cm (7 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) high, with a circumference is 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) at the summit and 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) at the base. [17] Hammurabi's image is 65 cm (2 ft 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) high and 60 cm (1 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) wide. [17]
Hammurabi was honored above all other kings of the second millennium BC [40] and he received the unique honor of being declared to be a god within his own lifetime. [41] The personal name "Hammurabi-ili" meaning "Hammurabi is my god" became common during and after his reign.
The best known example of the symbol is seen on the Code of Hammurabi stela. The symbol is also illustrated in the "Investiture Scene" painted at the palace of Mari. [4] The most elaborate depiction is found on the Ur-Nammu-stela, where the winding of the cords has been detailed by the sculptor.
A stele (/ ˈ s t iː l i / STEE-lee), from Greek στήλη, stēlē, plural στήλαι stēlai, [Note 1] is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected in the ancient world as a monument. The surface of the stele often has text, ornamentation, or both. These may be inscribed, carved in relief, or painted.
The original diorite stele inscribed with the code was placed in Nippur.Two pieces of this stele have survived to this day. [4] The American academic Martha Roth notes that during this period a tradition existed to name individual years after notable events that happened in that year and argues that one named year could commemorate the erection of the stele. [5]
Hammurabi (standing), a Babylonian king that claimed to be the king who made the four corners of the Earth obedient. This depiction is the top part of the Code of Hammurabi, today housed in the Louvre, Paris. Kings of the Four Corners in the Akkadian Empire: Naram-Sin (r. 2254–2218 BC) [5] Kings of the Four Corners of the Gutian dynasty of Sumer:
[15] [13] De Morgan's most important work was the excavation of the Grande Tranchée in the Acropole mound, where he found the stele of Naram-Sin, a collection of Babylonian kudurrus (boundary stones), the stele bearing the Code of Hammurabi, an ornamented bronze table of snakes, the bronze statue of Queen Napir-Asu, and thousands of inscribed ...
One well known example of such an image is a stele of Hammurabi of Babylon, inscribed with his legal code. [50] Anna Kurmangaliev points out that only a single depiction of the sun god in anthropomorphic form has been identified among works of art from Babylonia from the first millennium BCE, the so-called Sun God Tablet. [50]