Hammurabi, the mighty king, the king of Babylon, the king who hath brought to subjection the four quarters of the world, who hath brought about the triumph of Marduk, . . . am I.

When Anu and Bel gave me the land of Sumer and Akkad to rule and entrusted their sceptre to my hands, I dug out the Hammurabi-canal, which bringeth abundance of water unto the land of Sumer and Akkad. Both the banks thereof I changed to fields for cultivation, and I garnered piles of grain, and I procured unfailing water for the land of Sumer and Akkad.
—from a monument


2a. What is Hammurabi so proud of?