In describing the Amelu and the Mushkinu, the only distinction it made between the two was in the matter of an individual's value, and in its epilogue its formulator claims that he "has not withdrawn himself from the men" and mad them "a peaceful abiding-place."
In describing the Amelu and the Mushkinu, the only distinction it made between the two was in the matter of an individual's value, and in its epilogue its formulator claims that he "has not withdrawn himself from the men" and mad them "a peaceful abiding-place." Inscribed on a diorite stela, its creator identified himself as the "shepherd of the oppressed and of the slaves," and it incorporates the concepts of trial by ordeal and lex talionis, better known as "an eye for an eye." FTP, identify this Babylonian code of laws.
In describing the Amelu and the Mushkinu, the only distinction it made between the two was in the matter of an individual's value, and in its epilogue its formulator claims that he "has not withdrawn himself from the men" and mad them "a peaceful abiding-place."
{Code} of {Hammurabi}