"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."

"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."

"If a man opens his ditch for irrigation, and the water overflows and floods his neighbor's field, he shall pay grain to his neighbor for his loss."

"Incest was punishable by burning, adulterous murder by impaling."

"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."