(xlvii 1–8) These are the just decisions which Hammurabi, the able king, has established and thereby has directed the land along the course of truth and the correct way of life. (xlvii 9–58) I am Hammurabi, noble king. I have not been careless or negligent toward humankind, granted to my care by the god Enlil, and with whose shepherding the god Marduk charged me. I have sought for them peaceful places, I removed serious difficulties, I spread light over them. With the mighty weapon which the gods