1 138. If a man wishes to separate from his wife who has borne him no children, he shall give her the 2 amount of her purchase money and the dowry which she brought from her father's house, and let her go. 3 141. If a man's wife, who lives in his house, wishes to leave it, plunges into debt, tries to ruin her house, 4 neglects her husband, and is judicially convicted: if her husband offer her release, she may go on her way, 5 and he gives her nothing as a gift of release. If her husband does not wish to release her, and if he take 6 another wife, she shall remain as servant in her husband's house. 7 8 143. If she is not innocent, but leaves her husband, and ruins her house, neglecting her husband, this 9 woman shall be cast into the water. 10 11 148. If a man take a wife, and she be seized by disease, if he then desire to take a second wife he shall not 12 put away his wife, who has been attacked by disease, but he shall keep her in the house which he has built 13 and support her so long as she lives 14 15 Source: “Code of Hammurabi.” Translated by L.W. King. The Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1915. Found on the Fordham University’s Ancient History Sourcebook: 3a. According to law 141, what happens if a woman 3b. According to law 138, what happens to a dowry if a 3c. How do the punishments differ for a man and a wants to leave her marriage but her husband refuses man leaves his wife? woman? to release her?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 138. If a man wishes to separate from his wife who has borne him no children, he shall give her the amount of her purchase money and the dowry which she brought from her father's house, and let her go. 141. If a man's wife, who lives in his house, wishes to leave it, plunges into debt, tries to ruin her house, neglects her husband, and is judicially convicted: if her husband offer her release, she may go on her way, and he gives her nothing as a gift of release. If her husband does not wish to release her, and if he take another wife, she shall remain as servant in her husband's house. 143. If she is not innocent, but leaves her husband, and ruins her house, neglecting her husband, this woman shall be cast into the water. 148. If a man take a wife, and she be seized by disease, if he then desire to take a second wife he shall not put away his wife, who has been attacked by disease, but he shall keep her in the house which he has built and support her so long as she lives Source: “Code of Hammurabi.” Translated by L.W. King. The Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1915. Found on the Fordham University’s Ancient History Sourcebook: 3a. According to law 141, what happens if a woman wants to leave her marriage but her husband refuses to release her? 3b. According to law 138, what happens to a dowry if a man leaves his wife? 3c. How do the punishments differ for a man and a woman?
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