The
best
surviving
example
of
Hammurabi's
Code
is
carved
onto
a
piece
of
basalt
stone
that
stands
over
____________________
feet
tall
.
At
the
top
,
a
carved
image
shows
Hammurabi
(
standing
)
receiving
the
laws
from
Shamash
,
the
god
of
____________________
sun
and
of
justice
.
Below
this
image
is
the
text
of
282
laws
carved
in
cuneiform
in
the
Akkadian
____________________
.
Each
law
follows
the
same
basic
pattern
,
first
describing
an
offense
and
then
listing
the
____________________
.
