A pictographic sentence is a sentence which describes and action with its result. For example: "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" This phrase clearly states that if a person hurts another person, then that person has the right to hurt the person who hurt him back.
Some pictographic phrases that are associated with the Hammurabi code are:"If anyone is caught committing a robbery, he shall be put to death"."If a son strikes his father, his hands shall be cut off."
