The King's Justice

A portrait of righteousness, right from the First Dynasty of Babylon, The Stele of Hammurabi, composed around 1750 BC sits comfortably today in the Louvre. 

This 7-foot-tall basalt stele stands as King Hammurabi’s testament to how the “strong should not harm the weak” and contains over 300 inscriptions of supposed laws. Beginning with an intrinsic carving of Shamash, the Sun God it portrays a simmering era for Mesopotamia, rife with change. With repugnant punishments, a glimpse of women empowerment and ubiquitous social class, Hammurabi’s rules today hold a mirror to society making us wonder how far we’ve truly come. 

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