# The Code epilogue curses any later king who erases the stele

Date: 1755

## The fact

The Code epilogue curses any later ruler who erases or changes the stele. [Hammurabi](/people/hammurabi)’s documented role is: The epilogue blesses keepers and curses erasers of the monument. Stonecutters cut; he is the royal speaker; later Louvre is access. Do not twin this with death-penalty clauses. Curses on later kings are not the case-law list. Later editors, printers, and excavators remain named where they appear. Hammurabi's documented role is: The epilogue blesses keepers and curses erasers of the monument. Stonecutters cut; he is the royal speaker; later Louvre is access.

## Context

A monument meant to stand in a public place, unnamed stonecutters, and later Elamite removal already sit in the file. A curse is not unique authorship of every later damnatio. Later Louvre is not -1755. Named others on the file: Unnamed stonecutters, later Elamite spoilers, and Louvre keepers as access share the object. The public setting is the file around -1755-08-01. Unnamed clerks, soldiers, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. The instrument stays The Code epilogue curses any later king who erases the stele. The setting of The Code epilogue curses any later king who erases the stele is the public file around -1755-08-01. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver [political-polarization](/drivers/political-polarization) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not twin this with death-penalty clauses. Curses on later kings are not the case-law list. Mixed effects of The Code epilogue curses any later king who erases the stele are separate paths.

## Evidence and sources

Louvre and Britannica independently identify an epilogue of blessings and curses as distinct from the case list. Official: Louvre — Code of Hammurabi, epilogue curses as later public object (https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010174436; Musée du Louvre). Independent: Britannica — Hammurabi, epilogue of the Code (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hammurabi; Encyclopaedia Britannica). The two URLs are different pages. Where the carrier is a later edition or a received narrative, that limit is stated rather than upgraded to an autograph. Official carrier: Louvre — Code of Hammurabi, epilogue curses as later public object (https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010174436; Musée du Louvre). Independent carrier: Britannica — Hammurabi, epilogue of the Code (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hammurabi; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Official or archival record: Louvre — Code of Hammurabi, epilogue curses as later public object (https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010174436; Musée du Louvre).

## Significance

Worsening polarisation path: public curse-language protecting a royal monument. Complex later carrier. Welfare reading worsening. The attached mechanism is A dated curse-formula put public threat-language onto the same stele, distinct from the penalty clauses as law. Lag to any modern indicator is not treated as zero. This path is attached because the mechanism is named from this act, not because a driver list needed coverage. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

The attached driver is political-polarization. The welfare reading used in this dossier is worsening. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

## What is established and what is not

Established: epilogue curses as a public heading. Not established: that every later erasure is uniquely caused by ignoring them. Established: a sourced public record of The Code epilogue curses any later king who erases the stele under -1755-08-01. Established: a sourced public record of The Code epilogue curses any later king who erases the stele under -1755-08-01.

Shared responsibility is part of The Code epilogue curses any later king who erases the stele. Naming Hammurabi does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from -1755-08-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

## People

- Hammurabi: https://factrail.ai/people/hammurabi

## Drivers

- Political Polarization: https://factrail.ai/drivers/political-polarization

## Sources

- https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010174436
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hammurabi

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/ham-epilogue-curses