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.
Babylonian king, code of laws
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"Incest was punishable by burning, adulterous murder by impaling."
Controversial"Until the child married, the father had legal rights to use children for labor for himself or his debtors. Fathers could even choose to sell their children off."
Controversial"If a builder build a house for some one, and does not construct it properly, and the house which he built fall in and kill its owner, then that builder shall be put to death."
Humorous"If a man's wife is caught lying with another man, they shall bind them and throw them into the water."
Strange & Unusual"If a physician makes a large incision with an operating knife and kills the patient, his hands shall be cut off."
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