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  1. Jan 2019
    1. 6. If any one steal the property of a temple or of the court, he shall be put to death, and also the one who receives the stolen thing from him shall be put to death.

      This law establishes that Mesopotamia was a place of strict hierarchy, and has a very important government that if something is done wrongly towards them; the action or statement will result in death. No mercy is given to those who wrong the temple or court.