1901 an egyptologist by the name of Gustav Jequier added another item to the list of found ancient artefacts. It was the scale on which Hammurabi, a king who ruled over Babylon from 1792 to 1750 BC, had written his code of laws, already the object of fascination and critic attention. Hammurabi is known to have been a wise king and a great ruler who extended his empire. Meanwhile, the king focused on protecting his dominion and sought to bring prosperity within it. He is also known to have been a fierce warrior, following his military campaigns to conquer territories and build an empire.

A member of the first Amorites dynasty established in Babylon in the nineteenth century B.C., Hammurabi first led a small Mesopotamian state near the former. The inhabitants of Mesopotamia in the patriarchal were the representations of three different classes: the Western Semitic nobility or the Amorites...
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