King Hammurabi posted a legal code containing 282 laws around 1750 B.C.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple high-quality independent sources (Louvre, Britannica, World History Encyclopedia, Wikipedia) agreeing on the 282-law count and the c. 1750 BC dating, with only minor variance in exact year due to chronology conventions.
Sources
- Saving Iraq's Treasures (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.louvre.fr/en/the-code-of-hammurabi (louvre.fr)
- https://www.worldhistory.org/timeline/Code_of_Hammurabi/ (worldhistory.org)
- https://www.worldhistory.org/Code_of_Hammurabi/ (worldhistory.org)