hammurabi

rediscovery

found in excavations of elamite city Susa in modern-day Iran, discovered in three pieces, attempts at additional scripture?

social class structures

women were less than men, slaves held a lower place in society, etc.

purpose

legislation and statutes or work of legal theory

limitations

omits central areas of law, cannot understand practical application, no reference in Mesopotamian legal cases w/ many contradictory verdicts