If a member of the awilum class struck someone of equal status, they would pay one mina of silver. But if they struck a member of the mushkenum class, they would pay only ten shekels.
Babylonian king, code of laws
Laws from the Code of Hammurabi, demonstrating class distinctions in penalties
c. 1754 BC
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"If the slave of a freed man strike the body of a freed man, his ear shall be cut off."
Humorous"Until the child married, the father had legal rights to use children for labor for himself or his debtors. Fathers could even choose to sell their children off."
Controversial"If any one deceive a barber, and have him mark a slave not for sale with the sign of a slave, he shall be put to death, and buried in his house. The barber shall swear: “I did not mark him wittingly,”…"
Humorous"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."
Controversial"If a slave says to the master, 'you are not my master,' the master shall cut off the slave's ear."
Humorous