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).
Babylonian king, code of laws
Summary of laws regarding marriage in the Code of Hammurabi
c. 1754 BC
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"If a barber, without the knowledge of the owner of a slave, cuts off the slave's 'mark,' he shall cut off the barber's fingers."
Controversial"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"Incest was punishable by burning, adulterous murder by impaling."
Controversial"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 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."
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