To ensure that their legal, administrative, and economic institutions functioned effectively, the Babylonians used the cuneiform system of writing developed by their Sumerian predecessors.

• 为了确保他们的法律、管理和经济机构职能的有效性，巴比伦人使用了由他们的苏美尔人前辈发明的楔形文字书写系统。