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Code of Hammurabi

Babylonian code of law or conduct
Legislation code_of_law Q93304
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Summary

Code of Hammurabi is a code of law[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of code of law entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30,784 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Babylonia[3]
  • Named after: Hammurabi[4]
  • Inventory number: SB 8[5], AS 6064[6]
  • Place of publication: Babylon[7]
  • Commons category: Code of Hammurabi[8]
  • Language of work or name: Akkadian[9]
  • Publication date: 1752 BC[10]
  • Has edition or translation: The Laws of Hammurabi, King of Babylonia[11], Hammurabin lait[12], The Code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon, about 2250 B.C.[13], Q19184310[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Code of Hammurabi[15]
  • Main subject: property[16], family law[17], private law[18], criminal law[19], inheritance[20], offence against the person[21], renting[22], service contract[23], justice[24]
  • Commons gallery: Code of Hammurabi[25]
  • Described by source: Larousse Encyclopedia online[26]
  • Different from: stele with the code of Hammurabi[27]
  • Has part(s) of the class: section[28]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[29]
  • Copyright status: public domain[30]
  • P14541: 2rF7MT[31]

Why It Matters

Code of Hammurabi has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Related Entities

Durex Hammurabi public domain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Wikonoclaste · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inventory number → SB 8, AS 6064
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Inventory number: SB 8"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2rF7MT
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → code of law
    Language of work or name → Akkadian
    Publication date → -1752-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Named after → Hammurabi
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 26492, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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