eHammurabi
eHammurabi
Status | Active |
Phase | Delta |
Launch date | February 14, 2021 |
Field of study | Humanities + Computer Science |
Website | https://ehammurabi.org |
Purpose | A comprehensive digital version of the Law Code of Hammurabi. |
The eHammurabi project is a comprehensive digital humanities tool for studying the Law Code of Hammurabi. Hammurabi's code is one of the oldest legal texts from ancient Mesopotamia, having been created between c. 1792–1750 BCE. The Akkadian inscription on the original artifact contains some 282 statutes, or laws. For each law, the following data are provided: cuneiform inscription, transliteration, normalization, and an English translation. Advanced features like MultiViewSM make it easy for experts to compare multiple translation sources. Our research goal is to understand how human mentality is represented in early legal codes. |