"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."

"If a slave says to the master, 'you are not my master,' the master shall cut off the slave's ear."

"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."

"If a builder builds a house for a man and does not make its construction firm, and the house which he has built collapses and causes the death of the owner of the house, that builder shall be put to d…"

"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."