How does The Hammurabi Code document represent its own culture?

This document can tell historians a great deal about the culture of ancient Mesopotamia. Laws represent the priorities of a society, which are, essentially, cultural. We can see, for example, that the security of one's property was important, as many of Hammurabi's laws are aimed at protecting it, including this one:

If any one is committing a robbery and is caught, then he shall be put to death.

But we can also see that Hammurabi's society viewed private property within a different cultural framework than our own, because if the robber mentioned in the above law was not caught, the public would be responsible for compensating the victim for his loss. We can also see, by looking at the laws, that family was important, and that in Babylonian culture, the home was highly patriarchal:

If a man's wife be surprised [having an affair] with another man, both shall be tied and thrown into the water, but the husband may pardon his wife and the king his slaves.
If a son strike his father, his hands shall be hewn off.

We can also see the nature of justice in Babylonian culture in the famous "eye for an eye" and "tooth for a tooth" laws that define justice in retributory terms. The code also tells us much about the various class relations within Babylonian society as well as the nature of slavery and gender relations. There are dozens of laws governing each of these aspects in the code.
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