The piece I chose to research is out of chapter 17, and is called The Stele of Hammurabi. The Stele of Hammurabi is a record of decisions and decrees made by Hammurabi over the course of his reign. Hammurabi was the sixth king of Babylon and The Stele was his code of law, not only a piece of art. The stele was a seven feet tall piece diorite; the lower part of the piece of stone was smoothed so it could allow Hammurabi’s Code to be inscribed in it. The top part of the piece of art is a sculpture showing Hammurabi receiving the code from the god of justice, Shamash. This stele shows both the sense of justice and wisdom of Hammurabi’s rule. The Stele of Hammurabi has visual design qualities on it that are said to have been put there to emphasize