What does Hammurabis Code reveal about societal values and realities?

Hammurabis Code is one of the earliest preserved written law codes. The best preserved
copy was inscribed on a tall stone stele that would have been publicly displayed. It was written
in approximately 1754 BC and set out rules concerning what now would include both criminal and
civil law, including penalties for violations of many of its prescriptions. The introduction to
the code states the following:

Hammurabi, the exalted
prince, who feared God, to bring about the rule of righteousness in the land, to destroy the
wicked and the evil-doers; so that the strong should not harm the weak.

This...

href="https://avalon.law.yale.edu/ancient/hamframe.asp">https://avalon.law.yale.edu/ancient/hamframe.asp