Sample Sentences for

Code of Hammurabi

(editor-reviewed)

It's in the Code of Hammurabi, the laws of the Hittites and so forth.  (source) Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin, 2000

The asherah and the Code of Hammurabi are in museums.  (source) Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, 1992

There, they made an astonishing discovery: the stela of Hammurabi's Code.  (source) Bryan Brown, Laying Down the LAW, 2006

There is a representation of Marduk here on this stele-the Code of Hammurabi.  (source) Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, 1992

Two of the laws in Hammurabi's Code will sound familiar.  (source) Bryan Brown, Laying Down the LAW, 2006

Hiro wanders over to the Code of Hammurabi and has a gander.  (source) Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, 1992

But Hammurabi's Code strove to be fair in ways that we can understand.  (source) Bryan Brown, Laying Down the LAW, 2006

Enki, or his son Marduk, tried to reimpose order on society by supplanting the old system of me with a code of laws-The Code of Hammurabi.  (source) Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, 1992

Hammurabi's Code touched every aspect of daily life — including bad weather and the fees for renting oxen.  (source) Bryan Brown, Laying Down the LAW, 2006

Here is one example from Hammurabi's Code: "If any one is committing a robbery and is caught, then he shall be put to death."  (source) Bryan Brown, Laying Down the LAW, 2006