Evidence coverage: 1750 BC–1750 BC. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
Silver-denominated obligations in the Hammurabi collection, ca.1750 BCE under the source’s middle chronology. Mina is a multiple within the unit system.
No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.
No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.
The Hammurabi legal collection fixes physician fees at 10,5,or 2 silver shekels for specified cases and sets divorce compensation in silver; these are value-denominated obligations. The ca.1750 BCE date follows Roth’s dating of the collection under the middle chronology, not its unit’s founding.
Sources and qualifications →Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
The Hammurabi legal collection fixes physician fees at 10,5,or 2 silver shekels for specified cases and sets divorce compensation in silver; these are value-denominated obligations. The ca.1750 BCE date follows Roth’s dating of the collection under the middle chronology, not its unit’s founding.
C1376Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
The Hammurabi legal collection fixes physician fees at 10,5,or 2 silver shekels for specified cases and sets divorce compensation in silver; these are value-denominated obligations. The ca.1750 BC date follows Roth’s dating of the collection under the middle chronology, not its unit’s founding.
LH139–140,215–217
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