Famous for the Code of Hammurabi, a symbol of the Mesopotamian civilization, Hammurabi was a Babylonian king and the sixth ruler of the Amorite dynasty. He is revered today as one of the great rulers and lawgivers of ancient times. Hammurabi (also spelled Hammurapi) was a member of the Amorite tribe, a Semitic group of people who lived in Mesopotamia, an area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Very little information exists about his early life and immediate family. His father was named Sinmuballit, his sister was Iltani and his firstborn son was Samsuiluna. The origin of Hammurabi’s name isn’t distinctly Babylonian and remains a bit of a mystery, the Catholic Encyclopedia explains. Some scribes have translated it as “Kimta-rapaashtum,” meaning “great family” in the South Arabian dialect. Many scholars agree that Hammurabi’s dynasty was of Arabic or Aramean origin, originating in the “land of Amurru.”
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