If a man strikes a free-born woman so that she loses her unborn child, he shall pay ten shekels for her loss.
Babylonian king, code of laws
From the Code of Hammurabi (Law #209)
c. 1754 BCE
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"Were a child to strike a father, the child's hands were cut off."
Controversial"If a physician makes a large incision with an operating knife and kills the patient, his hands shall be cut off."
Strange & Unusual"If a man puts out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out."
Strange & Unusual"If a man opens his ditch for irrigation, and the water overflows and floods his neighbor's field, he shall pay grain to his neighbor for his loss."
Controversial"If a man has harbored a runaway slave, male or female, in his house and has not brought him forth at the summons of the public crier, the owner of the house shall be put to death."
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