Hammurabi:

If any one take over a waste-lying field to make it arable, but is lazy, and does not make it arable, he shall plow the fallow field in the fourth year, harrow it and till it, and give it back to its owner, and for each ten gan (a measure of area) ten gur of grain shall be paid.

— Hammurabi Ancient

Babylonian king, code of laws

Context

Code of Hammurabi, Law 49.

Date / Period

c. 1754 BCE

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2767/2767-h/2767-h.htm

Verification

Unverifiable

Explanation

Found in 1 providers: gemini

Method

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