The Code of Hammurabi Codex Hammurabi is a well-preserved ancient law code created ca 1790 BC middle chronology in ancient Babylon It was enacted by the sixth Babylonian king Hammurabi One nearly complete example of the Code survives today inscribed on a seven foot four inch tall basalt stele in the Akkadian language in the cuneiform script One of the first written codes of law in recorded history These laws were written on a stone tablet standin...