Jul 19 2010
More Cuneiform News: Hazor
From Sasson's List:
Hazor Law Code Fragments
The Selz Foundation Hazor Excavations in Memory of Yigael Yadin have recovered two fragments of a cuneiform tablet preserving portions of a law code at Hazor.
The text parallels portions of the famous Law Code of Hammurabi, and, to a certain extent even the Biblical “tooth for a tooth”. The team is presently working its way down towards a monumental structure dating to the Bronze Age, where more tablets are expected to be found.
The tablet is currently being studied at the Hebrew University. More details to follow as soon as possible.
The excavations are sponsored by the Hebrew university and the Israel Exploration Society, and take place in the Hazor National Park.
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