My research focuses on the social, economic, and legal history of Mesopotamia in the early second millennium (c. 2000-1600 BC). Current lines of research are reflected in recent publications. Details of a current book project, supported by a British Academy Small Research Grant, can be found here). I am happy to discuss projects in my areas of research, or to consider projects studying legal sources and traditions in the ancient Near East more generally.
‘New Borders, Old Laws: The Legacy of Rīm-Sîn I’s Edicts and Babylon’s Policy towards Conquered Larsa’, in Marine Béranger, Francesca Nebiolo and Nele Ziegler (eds), Dieux, rois et capitals dans le Proche-Orient ancient. Compte rendu de la LXVe Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale (Paris, 8-12 juillet 2019), Leuven-Paris-Bristol, CT, 2023), 947-963.
‘Ransom and Quittance in Early Old Babylonian Sippar: A New Text’, Revue d’Assyriologie et d’archéologie Orientale 116 (2022), 69–78.
Review of Sumerian Model Contracts from the Old Babylonian Period in the Hilprecht Collection Jena. By Gabriella Spada, Bibliotheca Orientalis LXXVI no.3-4, 2019.
Review of Prozessrecht und Eid: Recht und Rechtsfindung in antiken Kulturen, Teil 1. Edited by Heinz Barta, Martin Lang and Robert Rollinger, Bibliotheca Orientalis LXXVI no.3-4, 2019.
‘An Edict of Rīm-Sîn I of Larsa’, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires (2018), 67.
Review of Gods, Kings, and Merchants in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia. By Dominique Charpin, Bibliotheca Orientalis LXXIV no.1-2 (2017).