Stele Of Hammurabi Research Paper
Stele of Hammurabi
During the Babylon, the dynasty of Ur fell to the Elamites and Hammurabi became the most powerful king of Babylon which conquered large portions of Mesopotamia. Hammurabi is known for his law code, his stele that presents the law code and other orders. There is a system of crime and punishments outlined on his law code, as well as a representation of Hammurabi. If you look closely at the stele, it shows that Hammurabi has a close connection with Shamash, the sun god (Hammurabi on the left and Shamash on the right.) and below the figures, is where the law code is located, which tells us what the crime and punishment would be. For example: an eye for an eye and there are also crimes for adultery. The laws are written in
cuneiform form, but in the Akkadian language.
Wooden tomb statue of Tjeti
At the end of the Fifth and into the Sixth Dynasty (about 2345-2181 BC) there were new types of private burials, in which the statues, instead of being above ground in statue chambers, were placed underground in the tomb shaft or the burial chamber. These statues, mostly in wood, are typically quite small with characteristically mannered physiognomies and anatomies. Uniquely in the history of Egyptian representations of the élite, these statue sometimes show men and women naked. This normally indicates lower status, but here it might symbolize youth through rebirth; this style may have been a short-lived fashion for statues of very high officials. While these wooden tomb statues are usually slightly crudely carved, here the sculptor has carefully modelled the muscles on the torso and legs, and paid close attention to the detail of the face. Tjeti's name and titles are inscribed on the base. These suggest that the statue originally came from the region of the town Akhmim in Upper Egypt, and specifically the necropolis (cemetery) of el-Hawawish which is associated with Akhmim in the Old Kingdom. Several tombs of men called Tjeti have been found there.
During the Babylon, the dynasty of Ur fell to the Elamites and Hammurabi became the most powerful king of Babylon which conquered large portions of Mesopotamia. Hammurabi is known for his law code, his stele that presents the law code and other orders. There is a system of crime and punishments outlined on his law code, as well as a representation of Hammurabi. If you look closely at the stele, it shows that Hammurabi has a close connection with Shamash, the sun god (Hammurabi on the left and Shamash on the right.) and below the figures, is where the law code is located, which tells us what the crime and punishment would be. For example: an eye for an eye and there are also crimes for adultery. The laws are written in
cuneiform form, but in the Akkadian language.
Wooden tomb statue of Tjeti
At the end of the Fifth and into the Sixth Dynasty (about 2345-2181 BC) there were new types of private burials, in which the statues, instead of being above ground in statue chambers, were placed underground in the tomb shaft or the burial chamber. These statues, mostly in wood, are typically quite small with characteristically mannered physiognomies and anatomies. Uniquely in the history of Egyptian representations of the élite, these statue sometimes show men and women naked. This normally indicates lower status, but here it might symbolize youth through rebirth; this style may have been a short-lived fashion for statues of very high officials. While these wooden tomb statues are usually slightly crudely carved, here the sculptor has carefully modelled the muscles on the torso and legs, and paid close attention to the detail of the face. Tjeti's name and titles are inscribed on the base. These suggest that the statue originally came from the region of the town Akhmim in Upper Egypt, and specifically the necropolis (cemetery) of el-Hawawish which is associated with Akhmim in the Old Kingdom. Several tombs of men called Tjeti have been found there.