Assyrian law was very similar to Sumerian and Babylonian law,1 however, notably more brutal than its predecessors.1 The first copy of the code to come to light, dated to the reign of Tiglath-Pileser I, was discovered in the course of excavations by the German Oriental Society (1903-1914).citation needed Three Assyrian law collections have been found to date.1 Punishments such as cutting of ears and noses was common, as it was in the Code of Hammurabi, which was composed several centuries earlier.2 Murder was punished by the family being allowed to decide the death penalty for the murderer.3
Further reading
- C. H. W. Johns (2004). Babylonian and Assyrian laws, contracts, and letters. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 1417922133
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