What is cuneiform law?
Cuneiform law
c. 2350 BC - Reforms of Urukagina of Lagash - not extant, but referenced in other sources.
c. 2060 BC - Code of Ur-Nammu (or Shulgi?) of Ur - Neo-Sumerian (Ur-III). Earliest code of which fragments have been discovered. The code speaks of witchcraft and the flight of slaves.
c. 1934-1924 BC - Code of Lipit-Ishtar of Isin - With a typical epilogue and prologue, the law deals with penalties, the rights of ordinary people, right of kings, marriages, and more.
c. 1800 BC - Laws of the city of Eshnunna (sometimes ascribed to king Bilalama)
c. 1758 BC - Code of Hammurabi - The most famous, and also the most preserved of the ancient laws. Discovered in December 1901, it contains over 282 paragraphs of text, not including the prologue and epilogue.
c. 1500-1300 BC - Assyrian law
c. 1500-1400 BC - Hittite laws[2]