Code of Hammurabi § 33 (King translation)

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Code of Hammurabi § 33

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Codex Hammurabi (King translation)

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If a […] or a […] harm the property of a captain, injure the captain, or take away from the captain a gift presented to him by the king, then the […] or […] shall be put to death.

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If a chieftain or a man is captured on the “Way of the King” (in war), and a merchant buy him free, and bring him back to his place; if he have the means in his house to buy his freedom, he shall buy himself free: if he have nothing in his house with which to buy himself free, he shall be bought free by the temple of his community; if there be nothing in the temple with which to buy him free, the court shall buy his freedom. His field, garden, and house shall not be given for the purchase of his freedom.