Incest was punishable by burning, adulterous murder by impaling.
Babylonian king, code of laws
Incest was punishable by burning, adulterous murder by impaling.
Babylonian king, code of laws
Summary of punishments in the Code of Hammurabi
c. 1754 BC
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"If a builder builds a house for a man and does not make its construction firm, and the house which he has built collapses and causes the death of the owner of the house, that builder shall be put to d…"
Controversial"If a man strikes a free-born woman and causes her to abort her fetus, he shall pay ten shekels for her fetus."
Controversial"If a man puts out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out."
Strange & Unusual"If a free person's slave strikes the cheek of another free person, the ear of the slave shall be cut off."
Humorous"If a slave says to the master, 'you are not my master,' the master shall cut off the slave's ear."
Humorous