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.
Babylonian king, code of laws
Summary of punishments in the Code of Hammurabi
c. 1754 BC
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"Men were also allowed to take another wife if their first wife bore them no children (though the law did stipulate that he must continue to care for her)."
Controversial"If a free person's slave strikes the cheek of another free person, the ear of the slave shall be cut off."
Humorous"If a man has harbored a runaway slave, male or female, in his house and has not brought him forth at the summons of the public crier, the owner of the house shall be put to death."
Controversial"If a son strikes his father, his hand shall be cut off."
Humorous"If a woman neglected and left her husband, she might be cast into the water; if a husband neglected his wife, his only punishment was that she could leave him."
Controversial