The Hammurabi code and the Sinaitic legislation / with a complete translation of the great Babylonian inscription discovered at Susa, by Chilperic Edwards.

  • Hammurabi, King of Babylonia.
Date:
1904
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Credit: The Hammurabi code and the Sinaitic legislation / with a complete translation of the great Babylonian inscription discovered at Susa, by Chilperic Edwards. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and published.1 The following version will serve to show the character of this primitive Akkadian legislation :— 1. If a son says to his father, “Thou art not my father,” they shall brand him, and fetter him, and sell him as a slave for silver [compare Hamm. Code, Sections 192,226,146]. 2. If a son says to his mother, “ Thou art not my mother,” his face they shall brand, from the city they shall banish him, from the house they shall drive him. 3. If a mother says to her son, “ Thou art not my son,” house and goods shall she forfeit. 4. If a wife hates her husband and says, “Thou art not my husband,” into the river they shall throw her [compare H. Code, Sections 142, 143]. 5. If a husband says to his wife, “ Thou art not my wife,” half a mina of silver he shall weigh out to her [compare H. Code, Sections 137-140]. 6. If a man hires a slave, and he dies, or is rendered useless, or is caused to run away, or is caused to rebel, or is made ill, then for every day his hand shall measure out half a qa of corn [compare H. Code, Sections 245-248, 199, 252]. 1 Trans. Socy. Bib. Archaeology, vol. viii., p. 230. M