If a son and mother were caught committing incest, they were burned to death; if a pair of scheming lovers conspired to murder their spouses, both were impaled. Even a relatively minor crime could earn the offender a horrific fate. For example, if a son hit his father, the Code demanded the boy's hands be “hewn off.”
Dec 17, 2013
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Eye for an Eye, Tooth for a Tooth · Law 196. If a man has put out the eye of a free man, they shall put out his eye. · Law 200. If a man knocks out the tooth of a ...
If a slave says to the master, "you are not my master," the master shall cut off the slave's ear. 138. If a free man wishes to divorce his wife who has had ...