Theme: Legitimacy
Object: Wall panel detail showing a god (possibly Shamash) holding a ring of god-given kingship
From: Northern Iraq, around 870–860 BCE
For: Phil
"That the strong may not oppress the weak, that justice may be dealt the orphan and the widow"
Prologue to Hammurabi's Law code around 1750 BCE
Object: Wall panel detail showing a god (possibly Shamash) holding a ring of god-given kingship
From: Northern Iraq, around 870–860 BCE
For: Phil
"That the strong may not oppress the weak, that justice may be dealt the orphan and the widow"
Prologue to Hammurabi's Law code around 1750 BCE
