Replica of the original stele (dated 1750 B.C.) enumerating laws of Hammurabi, King of Babylon (1792-1750 B.C.), which constitute the oldest written legal codes. One of them translates as "To cause justice to prevail in the country. To destroy the wicked and the evil. That the strong may not oppress the weak." The original stele is in the Louvre, Museum, Paris, and was