Hammurabi, king of Babylon, it is without saying that it is an honor to serve as one of your legal advisors. One can only hope to aid the king in his conquest to further the welfare of the people. The great gods, Enil and Anu, have granted you the duty to establish freedom, to preclude the weak from being overcome by the power of the strong, and to rise over the black-headed people as the bringer of civil law for the betterment of the Akkad and Sumer. As your legal advisor, it is my duty to bring forth my perspective on such laws, one of which is the law related to personal injury and manslaughter. I feel as though the example of law 196, “if a man destroys the eye of another man, they shall destroy his eye” demonstrates your ability to understand
