Tuesday 23 March 2010

Question for March 23, 2010

X is the earliest surviving piece of its kind (circa 1790 BC). One nearly complete example of X is inscribed on a seven foot, four inch tall diorite stele in the Akkadian language. The stele was discovered in 1901 by Gustav Jéquier in what is now Khūzestān, Iran and is currently on display at the Louvre. X is eponymous of the king who enacted it. The king claimed that he was chosen by the Gods to bring about the rule of righteousness in his land. X is thought of as a precursor to one of the fundamental tenets in the modern world, though X is less encompassing than what we have today. The king is depicted in several U.S. government buildings. He is shown along with others in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives in the United States Capitol, and also on the south wall of the U.S. Supreme Court building as receiving X from the Sun God.

Identify X.

5 comments:

Rahul said...

Code of Hammurabi, the first codified set of laws from Babylon or Persia...

truce said...

Code of Hammurabi

D said...

X is Code of Hammurabi

SKK said...

Justice is blind?

The Answer said...

X is Hammurabi's Code, one of the oldest law codes, and which can be considered to be a precursor to the modern concept of a constitution.

Congrats to Rahul, truce and D.