Relief carved at the top of a black stone stele showing a standing king before a seated god with a horned crown, with rows of cuneiform below
The top of the stele of Hammurabi (Louvre Sb 8). The king stands before an enthroned god, usually identified as Shamash; the prologue begins in the columns of text below the relief. Lantern slide from the collection of Fritz Milkau.Fritz Milkau slide collection, 1929 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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