Frances Reynolds
Shillito Fellow and Associate Professor of Assyriology at the University of Oxford and Senior Research Fellow at The Queen’s College, providing expertise on the stele, the prologue and legal formulations.
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Mar 12, 2026 • 50min
The Code of Hammurabi
Selena Wisnom, lecturer in Middle Eastern heritage, on Babylonian religion and ritual. Frances Reynolds, Assyriologist from Oxford, on the stele and legal phrasing. Martin Worthington, Middle Eastern studies professor, on Babylonian language and history. They trace the stele's imagery, the code's conditional style, social ranks and punishments, and how the law was displayed, read and reused across Mesopotamia.
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Mar 12, 2026 • 50min
The Code of Hammurabi
Selena Wisnom, lecturer in Middle Eastern heritage, outlines Mesopotamian religion and social context. Frances Reynolds, Assyriologist, discusses the stele, imagery and legal language. Martin Worthington, Babylonian language specialist, examines Hammurabi, judicial practice and tablets. They explore the stele’s appearance, divine legitimation, legal form, social strata, and how law circulated in ancient Mesopotamia.
