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===Other copies=== Fragments of a second and possibly third stele recording the Code were found along with the Louvre stele at Susa.{{sfnp|Roth|1995a|p=73}} Over fifty manuscripts containing the laws are known. They were found not only in Susa but also in Babylon, [[Nineveh]], [[Assur]], [[Borsippa]], [[Nippur]], [[Sippar]], Ur, Larsa, and more.{{sfnp|Roth|1995b|p=20}} Copies were created during Hammurabi's reign, and also after it, since the text became a part of the scribal curriculum.{{sfnmp|1a1=Driver|1a2=Miles|1y=1952|1pp=25β56|2a1=Van De Mieroop|2y=2016|2p=145}} Copies have been found dating from one thousand years after the stele's creation,{{sfnp|Roth|1995a|p=74}} and a catalog from [[Library of Ashurbanipal|the library]] of [[Neo-Assyrian Empire|Neo-Assyrian]] king [[Ashurbanipal]] (685β631 BC) lists a copy of the "judgments of Hammurabi".{{sfnp|Van De Mieroop|2016|p=147}} The additional copies fill in most of the stele's original text, including much of the erased section.{{sfnp|Roth|1995a|p=74}}
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