Law Code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon. 1792 - 1750 BCE Basalt. H.: 225 cm; L.: 79 cm; D.: 47 cm. Transported by a prince from the neighbouring country of Elam to Iran in the 12^thcentury BCE, the code was displayed on the Acropolis of Susa with other prestigious Mesopotamian masterpieces. The pioneers of the French archaeological mission in Susa found it there in the winter of 1901 to 1902. Excavations J. de Morgan, 1901 - 1902. Department of Far Eastern Antiquities. Sb 8