If a tavern-keeper (feminine) does not accept corn according to gross weight in payment of drink, but takes money, and the price of the drink is less than that of the corn, she shall be convicted and thrown into the water.

Babylonian king, code of laws

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Context

Code of Hammurabi, Law 108.

Date / Period

c. 1754 BCE

Category

Humorous

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2767/2767-h/2767-h.htm

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Unverifiable

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