Chaldean Bricks.
Chaldean Bricks.
“Beltis, his lady, has caused Urukh, the pious chief and king of Ur, king of the land of Accad, to build a temple to her.”
FROM A TABLET OF BABYLONIAN LAWS.
“A certain man’s brother-in-law hired workmen, and on his foundation built an enclosure. From the house the judge expelled him.
His father and his mother a man shall not deny.
A decision. A son says to his mother: ‘Thou art not my mother.’ His hair is cut off; in the city they exclude him from earth and water, and in the house imprison him.
A decision. A mother says to her son: ‘Thou art not my son.’ They imprison her.
A decision. A woman says to her husband: ‘Thou art not my husband.’ Into the river they throw her.