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,” and shall be guiltless.

Babylonian king, code of laws

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Context

Code of Hammurabi, Law 227.

Date / Period

c. 1754 BCE

Category

Humorous

Source

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

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Unverifiable

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