Hammurabi Code of Laws (From Evansville)

The Code of Laws (Some interesting, painful ones...)

1. If any one ensnare another, putting a ban upon him, but he can not prove it, then he that ensnared him shall be put to death.

2. If any one bring an accusation against a man, and the accused go to the river and leap into the river, if he sink in the river his accuser shall take possession of his house. But if the river prove that the accused is not guilty, and he escape unhurt, then he who had brought the accusation shall be put to death, while he who leaped into the river shall take possession of the house that had belonged to his accuser. (Talk about fairytales.)

110. If a "sister of a god" open a tavern, or enter a tavern to drink, then shall this woman be burned to death. (What is a sister of God? O___O)

148. If a man take a wife, and she be seized by disease, if he then desire to take a second wife he shall not put away his wife, who has been attacked by disease, but he shall keep her in the house which he has built and support her so long as she lives. (That's right!!!)

194. If a man give his child to a nurse and the child die in her hands, but the nurse unbeknown to the father and mother nurse another child, then they shall convict her of having nursed another child without the knowledge of the father and mother and her breasts shall be cut off. (OH MY OH MY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

195. If a son strike his father, his hands shall be hewn off. (Ouchie.)

200. If a man knock out the teeth of his equal, his teeth shall be knocked out. (An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. not good.)

218. If a physician make a large incision with the operating knife, and kill him, or open a tumor with the operating knife, and cut out the eye, his hands shall be cut off. (AHH!! Do NOT be a physician if you love your hands)

224. If a veterinary surgeon perform a serious operation on an ass or an ox, and cure it, the owner shall pay the surgeon one-sixth of a shekel as a fee. )Serious operation a butt, interesting... Buasir ka??)

266. If the animal be killed in the stable by God (an accident), or if a lion kill it, the herdsman shall declare his innocence before God, and the owner bears the accident in the stable. (Killed by God? How to prove??)

269. If he hire an ass for threshing, the hire is twenty ka of corn. (Wow, butts can do work???)

282. If a slave say to his master: "You are not my master," if they convict him his master shall cut off his ear. (Ouchie!!!)