If a man destroy the eye of another man, they shall destroy his eye.
Babylonian king, code of laws
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"Cutting off hands was another popular punishment if, for example, a son struck his father, or a field hand stole the crops they were tending."
Controversial"If a barber, without the knowledge of his master, cut the sign of a slave on a slave not to be sold, the hands of this barber shall be cut off."
Humorous"If a man's wife be surprised (in flagrante delicto) with another man, both shall be tied and thrown into the water, but the husband may pardon his wife and the king his slaves."
Humorous"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,”…"
Humorous"Were a child to strike a father, the child's hands were cut off."
Controversial