Shamash

stone stele, there is a picture of Shamash, The god and Hammurabi taking orders from him. Below that he has the 282 laws. In this essay, I’m going to prove that Hammurabi’s laws are just. In document A it states “Hammurabi, the protecting king am I. ...That the strong might not injure the weak, in order to protect the widows and orphans, …”. As I stated that Hammurabi enforced his laws to protect the weak, the widows and the orphans. Hammurabi got his laws from “Shamash, the great god, and judge…

the gods' earthly agents. An inscription on a majestic, eight-foot-tall, black basalt stele (stone slab) that details Hammurabi's decrees makes this clear. Carved at the top is Hammurabi, standing before Shamash, the sun god and "Lord of Judgment." The king's hand is raised in worship as Shamash gives him the laws, which are recorded (on the surface) below. In 4,000 chiseled…

and orphans.” By that, he meant that his laws are meant to protect the weak from the strong. I think that is the base of his law, which shows that Hammurabi tried to make his laws just. Also in his epilogue is a line that read, “by the command of Shamash, the great god of heaven and earth.” Back in Hammurabi’s time people believed in many…

in her prayer to the Sun God Shamash—while she is asking him for the favor of protecting her son, she makes sure that she fully completes all of the necessary rituals in…

beliefs of ancient Mesopotamia. The black stone stela containing Hammurabi’s Code was carved from a single, four-ton slab of diorite. At the top of the stone is a carving of Hammurabi and Shamash, the Babylonian god of justice. “Atop the Steele, in sculptural relief, Hammurabi receives the blessing of Shamash, the sun god.” The rest of the seven-foot-five-inch monument is covered with columns of cuneiform script, containing the 282 articles of law. “The purpose was to celebrate his sense of…

The Epics of Gilgamesh, translated by N. K Sanders is an ancient book written by an unknown author lost to time. This “book” is really a series of clay tablets found in Mesopotamia, which was located in modern day Iraq. These clay tablets contained the entire Gilgamesh story and were written in cuneiform with a stylus, which means that characters were pressed into a clay block to create language. Cuneiform was the main form of documentation during that time period and all of the twelve tablets…

dreadful destiny. According to Enkidu, had it not been for her, he would still be enjoying the wilderness as he once knew it, “…for I too once in the wilderness with my wife had all the treasure I wished” (91). When Shamash hears the words of Enkidu, Shamash questions Enkidu’s actions. Shamash enlightens Enkidu on how is encounter with the harlot introduced him to all the things, instances, and people that have made Enkidu’s life. Having sex with the harlot is what gave life Enkidu’s internal…

can actually be pronounced and spelled two different ways. The candelabra lighting is the main part of the festival. The candelabra holds nine candles. However one of the candles is the shamash, also known as the consequent, which is used to light all the other candles. Each night a candle is lite by the shamash. That process is continued for eight nights when all the candles are lite. Each night, right after the candles are lite, the people that celebrate Hanukkah eat fried food and sing…

the supernatural creature Humbaba and facing Humbaba is a true test of Gilgamesh’s strength. The supernatural aid in The Epic of Gilgamesh is difficult to miss, a most obvious example is the protection from the god Shamash that Gilgamesh has since his mother, Ninsun, prayed to Shamash to protect him in the fight against Humbaba. Ninsun herself is also a goddess. The talisman appears much later in the epic, it is the magical plant that grants immortality. Gilgamesh’s ally in the story is without…

Gilgamesh is the great king of Uruk and is consider being the strongest man on earth. He constructs extraordinary walls that surround the magnificent city of Uruk. He also builds a remarkable rampart and temples for the gods and goddesses. In the eyes of the people he is an exceptional king because he did all these things for the good of the people, but reality he did it to benefit himself. He wanted to demonstrate to the world that he is a hero, but to do so, he must accomplish numerous of…