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

Babylonian king, code of laws

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Context

Code of Hammurabi, Law 282.

Date / Period

c. 1754 BCE

Category

Humorous

Source

https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/bas/hammurabi.asp

Verification

Unverifiable

Explanation

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Method

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