The Code of Hammurabi (Full Text)

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The Code of Hammurabi is a law code of ancient Babylon, set down by King Hammurabi around 1,750 BC. The code survives on several large stele and clay tablets, none of which are fully intact so there are occasional lacunae in the text.
Hammurabi's laws are where we derive the expression "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth", as these punishments are meted out to atone for the crimes they mirror. This is a common theme of ancient Mesopotamian law, and Hammurabi was no different. What was different about Hammurabi is how fair-minded he is.
Although the laws seem excessively draconian, they are still quite fair. They do, of course, patriarchal and distinguish by class and gender, but slaves and women are given surprisingly even-handed rulings.
Hammurabi's Code of Laws
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@samisiddiqi7814 6 жыл бұрын

H E S H O U L D B E P U T T O D E A T H

@thelastunicorn25 4 жыл бұрын

I kept saying in my head "Wait for it...PUT TO DEATH!"

@SYWang-hw5re 4 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY

@arapamoukian7604 3 жыл бұрын

You are an idiot

@rustlingbushes7678 7 жыл бұрын

The code starts at 6:00.

@4shanna 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! I played it while I read my textbook that contain's King's translation!! Sped it up by 1.5x and breezed through 40 pages of my assigned reading in under an hour

@Xtremedude720 9 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you keep putting these out. I really love them.

@alexpeabody6902 6 жыл бұрын

SARGON!! What an awesome recording. Thank you so much. This was a treat. I should have known you would have done something awesome like this.

@mikec.2360 9 жыл бұрын

You should read Justinian's code of laws next.

@hanson666999 9 жыл бұрын

The ancient world is so fascinating

@aaronvalerio19 7 жыл бұрын

I find it boring. People talking about places and people nobody knows these days. They weren't very smart, they should have left clear marks and signs that this is the place named this and that and this guy named this and that was here. I was just here because I got curious who this Hamurabi is. Some other video said he ordered the enlightened, skilled and talented people of his kingdom to teach and pass on their knowledge to the younger generation of his kingdom. Even this guys reading it sounds boring.

@Jms-mx8to 7 жыл бұрын

Aaron Valerio How's that job at McDonalds going? :)

@TheSeanoops 4 жыл бұрын

Aaron Valerio They where just like you and me. They all had lives as complex as ours. They loved, cried, felt joy, hoped for a better tomorrow and died; just like we all must. Can’t you take a moment to imagine how their world was, or how you might think of having to live under that law as they did?

@OssamabinKenny 4 жыл бұрын

Primus Pilus 14 they were doing fine under Hammurabi’s law until “they were PUT TO DEATH” The executioners were BU SY!

@mozartwolfgang4656 4 жыл бұрын

Most crap idiot comment i ever seen here. You surely is a superficial loser moron.

@loref4200 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this work. I have been enjoying it for some time, and felt I should give credit where it is due.

@shadowmencer 9 жыл бұрын

Wow. Those curses at the end make the ones in fantasy games/novels/movies/etc. seem like a minor inconvenience.

@Shadowfan1337 9 жыл бұрын

Did you know that the code of Hammurabi was not the first written law? For instance the law of Ur-Namu was created 300 years earlier in Sumer.

@MonnNomm 6 жыл бұрын

Gabriel I am so glad to read and listen about my city I lived in sumer south of Iraq

@Demon_vv 4 жыл бұрын

Ok boomer.

@juub5171 4 жыл бұрын

nerd

@loref4200 3 жыл бұрын

@@SevenFluffyKittens This is the distinction. It was an attempt to breach classes, to impart rational 'morality' in an accessible way, which then justified punishment.

@Tia-gy1ij 2 жыл бұрын

Source?

@birdeater6600 5 жыл бұрын

Everything shall put to death

@mr.washingtonsbuddy.8454 10 ай бұрын

Wouldn't it be easier for them to say "everyone shall be put to death, except in these occasions:"? The code would be less than 100 rules long I bet.

@alefoster700 7 жыл бұрын

My AP World History told me to read all of the Code of Hammurabi. Ain't nobody got time for that.

@cindyh606 3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@shuokobrown4583 4 ай бұрын

Im doing it in workplace history

@alexandraonai8187 2 ай бұрын

I'm doing it for fun while at work lol. Read, listen, same thing 🤷‍♀️

@yakurbe7039 5 жыл бұрын

I heard an excerpt from this on a completely unrelated podcast and was like, "wow, that guy sounds exactly like Sargon. Does Sargon have another channel?" And now I'm here

@angelo70 9 жыл бұрын

Interesting how, in some particular aspects, the Babylonians had better laws and customs than the current inhabitants of the same land.

@ilovehistory5210 8 жыл бұрын

Its ironic

@TheSeanoops 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the pre Islamic Middle East was better off.

@Geminish15 4 жыл бұрын

They have better more efficient rules than American society today!

@jasonbishop5345 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I've thought this recently

@user-hh2is9kg9j 3 жыл бұрын

the current inhabitants are the descendants of Babylonians. Only your narrow prejudice against them blind you. By the way, your people when Hammurabi was writing this code were no more than apes living in caves eating each other so be humble my friend.

@TeamIzlude 9 жыл бұрын

With all those lacunas, I'll never know who to execute when someone harms a captain's gifts.

@user-vz4vm5sh6j 5 жыл бұрын

You will have a *BLUE LA[GOON]NA* random chopped hands! 🙃

@richardsorel201 3 жыл бұрын

The crime rate should've been very low when almost everything is punishable by death.

@TheSeanoops 4 жыл бұрын

It’s a product of its time, but very fair for the most part.

@midwestmage7173 9 жыл бұрын

oh dam, long one but ancient Babylon, too good to pass up. I have coffee I am comfy, lets do this.

@BrutusAlbion 9 жыл бұрын

narrators note: there's no law 13... I once read that the number 13 was the number of mercy...seems to be lacking in this law code...so makes sense...in a way? haha love these videos sargon

@Elround4 9 жыл бұрын

BrutusAlbion What source/text did you "read that the number 13 was the number of mercy[?]" That's very fascinating. ^_^

@BrutusAlbion 9 жыл бұрын

Elround4 no idea, heard it sometime...so don't hold me to it xD I'm not into the whole numerology thing.

@MTB214 3 жыл бұрын

Most ancient cultures weren't merciful or compassionate. The Laws of the Old Testament, are very liberal compared to the other nations back then.

@BrutusAlbion 3 жыл бұрын

@@MTB214 thread necromancy brother, reviving this old thread like you're dark magician of the forbidden arts.

@MTB214 3 жыл бұрын

@@BrutusAlbion haha. I am listening to this for the first time now.

@darkdave1998 7 жыл бұрын

Since I have to study this text for my Ancient Middle East History class, thank you very much, although I have to ask, is this is a recent translation, or one of the earlier ones?

@arthurkatz8035 6 жыл бұрын

pleasure to listen, make more records please

@gisele__________________ 3 ай бұрын

i play this before going to bed... ur voice is really nice

@nyvoodoochild 7 жыл бұрын

Damn I first read this as Code of Harambe....

@OssamabinKenny 4 жыл бұрын

I think I just found a new drinking game 🤪🍻🍺🍻🥃🥂

@dbrown9495 2 жыл бұрын

He did the best he could. He tried to come up with laws for as many situations as possible. Some of the laws are a little ridiculous

@vladtepes9614 9 жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@grejsancoprative 9 жыл бұрын

They just loved throwing women into water~~

@arthurkatz8035 6 жыл бұрын

and now we love throwing water into them

@TheSeanoops 5 жыл бұрын

Totties need to learn.

@BennoToorn 5 жыл бұрын

They just liked wet women

@mr.h5436 4 жыл бұрын

Learn to swim= Mesopotamian wisdom

@emmalucas5379 7 жыл бұрын

List starts at 6:00

@joshuaginoza9446 6 жыл бұрын

But then you miss the Akkad name drop :P

@rudymfarrej2784 6 жыл бұрын

thx

@alyseegriffin4192 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@rudymfarrej2784 6 жыл бұрын

I am Watching this cause I have an exam on it

@youhanhanna248 4 жыл бұрын

Me too I am gr 7 in sabis fakhir mergasori

@unknownnn4116 4 жыл бұрын

Youhan Hanna same

@academicberry41 4 жыл бұрын

Guys me too The reader is so boring I swear

@noorbalboush328 4 жыл бұрын

@@youhanhanna248 same I am in grade 7 sabis sharjah and the book is boring af and I have the exam tommorow

@justonemorepage448 3 жыл бұрын

same and I am dying

@Randomness65535 9 жыл бұрын

Why is there no law 13? Were the ancient Mesopotamians actually also superstitious about the number?

@mannylenz5288 9 жыл бұрын

Rule 13: There shall be no rule 13.

@Randomness65535 9 жыл бұрын

Manny Lenz I'd say it's still a rule in that case ;p

@rockstopsthetraffic 9 жыл бұрын

***** Rule 13) You don't talk about Rule #13.

@Xtremedude720 9 жыл бұрын

***** They haven't found all of the laws I think.

@zcjohnson00 7 жыл бұрын

Randomness65535 Hammurabi purposefully skipped the number 13 because of its ties as being a symbol of Unholy or bad luck. your AP World History Teacher should mention it when you come across this chapter in the textbook.

@user-hh2is9kg9j 3 жыл бұрын

It is fascinating that we still speak a very similar language to that which Hammurabi spoke "shemsh" is the sun we say in modern Arabic "shemes"

@mdug7224 Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@theoriginalmikee 9 жыл бұрын

An hour of that voice = I'm staying up tonight xD

@6thex6663s 9 жыл бұрын

hour long video at 3 am fuckin time zones

@herewardthewatchful1014 3 жыл бұрын

Genesis 26:5 KJV "Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my *laws*

@americoestrada3112 6 жыл бұрын

It almost looks like it was malted look on top were it's chipped and look at the service?

@MrBones-vj2gj 9 жыл бұрын

Any chance you'll read the Iliad and Odyssey?

@ebolavirus5711 4 жыл бұрын

I just watched this whole thing.

@antes69 9 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing Babylonian physicians didn't have malpractice insurance

@sethapex9670 7 жыл бұрын

you should do a reading of hobbes' leviathan

@Shinobi33 5 ай бұрын

Man if we employed this code law today we'd live in a peaceful Utopia. No crime.

@dbrown9495 2 жыл бұрын

Not too bad on adultery and divorce. The man has to give his wife property to take care of her and her children if he wants to divorce her

@annprince5298 4 жыл бұрын

Read Exodus , there are similar laws after all the Israelites were sojourned there for over 90 years no wonder the laws sound similar he!!!

@jordanhelms 11 ай бұрын

The first few minutes of titles sound like Skyrim quests he completed lol

@dbrown9495 2 жыл бұрын

There's one law I see as a little fairer, if a farmers crops fail he shall not pay rent to the owner or corn.

@fesimco4339 5 жыл бұрын

Sargon is sampled on the "Asking for a friend" podcast on radiolab. Pretty sure it's from this video.

@baguingr 5 жыл бұрын

Just heard it today too, anyone know if he signed off on it to them or know about it? Kinda funny considering radiolabs extremely left bend, but i still always listen to it.

@pablostechblog 8 жыл бұрын

shit. If we where still under Hamurabi's law there would be no people left :-s

@Michelrs 3 жыл бұрын

it looks like during hammurabi's time death penalty was the go-to solution for many problems xD

@duckhawkninja3614 Жыл бұрын

It would have been a lot harder to house and feed people in a prison back then, I think.

@travisedwards5676 2 жыл бұрын

Can somebody explain to me what a lacuna is, such as number 34 I think number 33 what the heck is a lacuna

@Panzerfanlol Жыл бұрын

Means untranslated/untranslatable or missing word or marking

@RanaShehram315 4 жыл бұрын

I am watching this cause for exam from SABIS shehram8x here

@Geminish15 4 жыл бұрын

Uhh What happened to showing the text?

@dbrown9495 2 жыл бұрын

#130, at least a man can forgive his wife if she cheats on him and she doesn't have to be thrown into the water!!

@COctagons 8 жыл бұрын

Those curses at the end are something else. Hammurabi was one malicious little psycho, wasn't he?

@StellarGamingOnline 8 жыл бұрын

+Peter Blease A lot of power and the fear of the unknown can be a dangerous combination.

@COctagons 7 жыл бұрын

Not once did I say he was an "idiot". I said he was malicious, and regardless of his social upbringing, he was quite the ruthless individual.

@RidinWithMyLocsOn 4 жыл бұрын

Damn, so basically you only had to be able to swim and you could get away with anything and get multiple houses.. And #14, you will only "be put to death" if you steal the MINOR son of another, so you were free to steal the older sons...? huh...?

@michaelfurgessons2896 9 жыл бұрын

Hi Sargon! I am not a native English speaker but my English are at a pretty good level.Unfortunately despite being highly interested in the Ancient Recitation videos i cannot comprehend everything you say.I personally think that you are reading them too fast.I find ideal the reading speed you have in your normal videos when you read an article.Just wanted to let you know.

@AncientRecitations 9 жыл бұрын

Greg Makropoulos Ah okay, I didn't think about that. I'll try and read a little slower in future!

@AhidoMikaro 9 жыл бұрын

***** I think it is more important than his normal videos to be concentrated on listening to him here. It is a quite the different experience and not how most people are used to "reading."

@michaelfurgessons2896 9 жыл бұрын

***** Well Argentarii it is not so much that i don't anderstand what he says(i do) it is that as i said i cannot fully comprehend it.In other words it does not have the time to sink in.For example i understood fully "Pericle's Funeral Oration" Because i had already read it in Greek. To recap it is not a matter of translation but a matter of true understanding what it says and means (since those texts are not simple novels ,they have a deeper meaning,and many times they require interpetation in the context of the ancient civilisation they existed in) If it is something only i experience then by all means Sargon carry on with the same speed.

@TheCrazyFinn 9 жыл бұрын

***** These recitations have a lot of less common English words, which makes them a bit harder for non-native speakers to understand.

@rockstopsthetraffic 9 жыл бұрын

Ancient Recitations To be honest, I'd personally rather have "Sargon just reading cool ancient shit" than an "official audiobook". But do as you see fit, of course.

@marielgalvan6631 4 жыл бұрын

can anyone explain 115 ?

@jayden-jsjincorporated5089 2 жыл бұрын

Thx

@zsomborfoldi7669 8 жыл бұрын

This translation by King is more than a hundred years old... that is, somewhat outdated. Thank you, anyway!

@tipsyMJT 5 жыл бұрын

this just got sampled on a podcast produced by WNYC studios. stay tuned for an apology

@xX-Logic- 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone have a theory to why there is no 13th law?

@HK-Asia-IQ 3 жыл бұрын

The code wasn't actually numbered, it was separate paragraphs. However, the translater numbered those paragraphs and committed a typo skipping number 13. However, people thought the number 13 was cursed because the code included lots of death sentences.

@SYWang-hw5re 4 жыл бұрын

why did they take so serious about sesame and corn

@Panzerfanlol Жыл бұрын

because it was currency and pretty much your everything. if you couldn't pay with coin you could usually pay with your harvest (usually corns for people but you could also get taxed with livestock or their produce)

@user-rm4nl6nd2n 8 жыл бұрын

i am iraqi i proudct Hammurabi

@nurmpgamernisho2026 6 жыл бұрын

im assyrian, my brother

@chasemagness6824 2 ай бұрын

The laws aren't in a numerical order... how is there no law 13?

@angel_lucifer1447 7 жыл бұрын

i thought its a profesional full documentary, unfortunately its a static pic and voice telling stories

@MrPackerProductions 7 жыл бұрын

ben joshua It says full *TEXT* in the title and the channel is called ancient *RECITATIONS* so I don't know what you were expecting.

@kiyahjhay 3 жыл бұрын

Gotta write an essay about these codes😒

@TheToffeeLlama 9 жыл бұрын

A bio on Yi Sun Shin?

@salmathecopt7969 3 жыл бұрын

6:00 start of laws

@DraconicLich 9 жыл бұрын

Lots of handless Babylonians

@MrPackerProductions 7 жыл бұрын

DraconicLich And dead ones too.

@ObliviouslyAware 5 жыл бұрын

Not enough handless people today.

@Feminismisfornobody 9 жыл бұрын

oh cool. never actually heard much history about Babylon

@Xtremedude720 9 жыл бұрын

Chris Marlborough It's more of all of Mesopotamia. Hammurabi completely united Meso.

@slezzy8007 3 жыл бұрын

i have AP history art and i have to do a presentation tomorrow:’)

@uaealesisipelii9937 3 жыл бұрын

Same but im today lol

@uaealesisipelii9937 3 жыл бұрын

This is here to take me back for a test next year lol

@gunnarj6630 3 жыл бұрын

25:01: sorry I’m not trying to point this out to anybody I just need to save it for my homework 📚 😂

@andreaoconnell7263 6 жыл бұрын

194 is like oh gosh

@metzgerdan 4 жыл бұрын

Question how do you push an OX and kill it?

@uaealesisipelii9937 3 жыл бұрын

I think theres a uhhh a scythe facing up? Nah im stoopid

@Panzerfanlol Жыл бұрын

I know this is old sorry but im pretty sure they mean work it to death

@marcusderinger8892 3 жыл бұрын

Humble and reverence

@memthoven Жыл бұрын

05:58 the code of laws

@iridious1609 8 жыл бұрын

who else have to read this for honors world history?

@duckhawkninja3614 Жыл бұрын

I must’ve misheard 104. Did he say CORN, wool, and oil? That can’t be right

@Panzerfanlol Жыл бұрын

Corn =/= maize. Anything called corn prior to Europeans landing in the Americas refers to the original meaning of corn, which can refer to anything that can be used to make flour, also oats and barley.

@duckhawkninja3614 Жыл бұрын

@@Panzerfanlol Bah, British people just need to learn English then.

@duckhawkninja3614 Жыл бұрын

@@Panzerfanlol Wait wasn’t cuneiform deciphered in the 19th century? Jokes aside that’s well after the Europeans landed in the Americas.

@Panzerfanlol Жыл бұрын

@@duckhawkninja3614 hehe, American moment :')

@SuperFactsonly 4 жыл бұрын

I was about to go into the Ox hiring business. Not worth it.

@robo336 9 жыл бұрын

it's kinda... harsh...

@alexandrasalvagni6269 10 ай бұрын

I think it’s funny that he says “humble the proud” but he’s also very egotistical lol

@ashura5721 9 жыл бұрын

Good job. Now do one on me if you ever get a chance.

@mikec.2360 9 жыл бұрын

You were getting frustrated when reading this text.

@adrianhdragon718 5 жыл бұрын

Horus Hawk Pic?

@marcusderinger8892 3 жыл бұрын

The strong shall not harm the weak... I think they are lying about what babylon was

@Kinging76 3 жыл бұрын

he really thought every one should be put to death hahahah

@willwilliam993 4 жыл бұрын

who fell asleep

@marcusderinger8892 3 жыл бұрын

Fear of God and righteousness sure doesn't sound evil

@jasonhopkins8721 2 жыл бұрын

I’m on 160 38 min. In. This is my bookmark.

@soupformyfamily4735 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting, how oddly similar this is to modern law texts. Full of the same bullcrap over and over again.

@cytos1694 9 жыл бұрын

let he who by deceit causes others to spend sheckles on the produce (defective or not), of his friends, have the SPJ ethics code branded upon his brow

@calebwarren5841 4 жыл бұрын

Is that Sargon?

@goodforyou3000 4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@kingjaimejaramillo 3 жыл бұрын

Squidbillies brought me here.

@amdigousfish 5 ай бұрын

the code of hammurabi was about pimping 304s rt

@ebolavirus5711 4 жыл бұрын

༼ ༎ຶ ෴ ༎ຶ༽ GLAD I DID NOT LIVE IN THE TIME OF HAMMURABI

@ColinBarbaria Жыл бұрын

Why are you a filthy thief?

@GijsTheDog 7 жыл бұрын

It's actually more humane than sharia XD

@HK-Asia-IQ 3 жыл бұрын

You are categorically wrong. In the Hammurabi code, there are 30 death sentences, in the Moses code, there is 10 death punishment, in Sharia, there are only 2! Your opinion and thoughts are based on utter ignorance, phobia, and hate. avalon.law.yale.edu/ancient/hamframe.asp

@GijsTheDog 3 жыл бұрын

@@HK-Asia-IQ Congrats of layers of barbarism.

@duckhawkninja3614 Жыл бұрын

Sounds about the same to me.