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In Our Time · Mar 12, 2026
The Code of Hammurabi
“Irish scholar credited with deciphering cuneiform in the 19th century, though credit was historically attributed to British major general”
Code of Hammurabi—ancient Babylonian legal system and its structureAncient Mesopotamian law and judicial practiceSocial stratification in ancient Babylon—awilu, mushkanu, and slave classes
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Lex Fridman Podcast · Dec 12, 2025
#487 – Irving Finkel: Deciphering Secrets of Ancient Civilizations & Flood Myths
“19th-century Irish clergyman and genius who cracked cuneiform decipherment, deserving more credit than Henry Rawlinson”
Cuneiform Script Decipherment and Linguistic AnalysisOrigins of Writing in Ancient MesopotamiaAtrahasis Flood Narrative and Biblical Literary Dependence
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