TITLE II. CONCERNING THOSE WHO DISTURB SEPULCHRES.
| I. | Concerning Persons who Deface or Injure Tombs. |
| II. | Where a Coffin is Removed from a Grave. |
I. Concerning Persons who Deface or Injure Tombs.
Where any person injures a tomb; or robs a corpse; or strips it of any ornaments or clothing; if he should be freeborn, he shall be compelled to pay a pound of gold to the heirs of the deceased, and to restore the stolen property. Where there are no heirs, he shall pay the above-named sum to the royal treasury, and shall receive in addition a hundred lashes. If a slave should commit this crime, he shall receive two hundred lashes; shall be put to death by fire; and whatever he stole shall be returned.
II. Where a Coffin is Removed from a Grave.
If anyone should steal the coffin of a dead person, for any purpose of his own, he shall be forced, by order of the judge, to pay twelve solidi to the heirs of the deceased. If, however, a slave should commit this offence under the direction of his master, his master shall at once render satisfaction for his act. Should a slave do this of his own accord, he shall receive a hundred lashes, and shall restore to the place, and to the body of the deceased, whatever he took therefrom.