A)Ishak, in a fit of rage, threw a cooking pot at his father. The pot struck Ishak’s father in the head, and a shard
of pottery put out his father’s eye.
B)One night, Taras came across a young girl being set upon by thieves. He rescued her and brought her into
his home until she recovered. The next day, the crier announced that a slave-girl of Shawas, a wealthy
merchant, has run away. Taras did not make the connection between the announcement and the girl he had
helped. Shawas found the girl in Taras’ house and had Taras arrested.
C)Sinnaveh’s house collapsed on night, with the result that Sinneveh, a commoner, had both legs broken. Gildas, the builder, is brought to trial.
D)Ashok, who had bad luck, took a pig from the home of his brother and killed it to feed his family. Ashok did not know that the pig was the property of the local temple, and that his brother was taking care of it while the priest was meeting with the king
E.) Ibrahim owes money to Shadrach for the use of his mule, but there was a flood this year and all his fields were destroyed so he does not have any crops to sell. Therefore, he has no money to pay to Shadrach. Still Shadrach wants his money.
F.) Shulgi and his slave had pieces of stones stuck in their feet. A man was able to perform a surgery and remove the stones and they were able to work again. What does the surgeon receive?
G.) Ekur’s slave was tired of doing all of Ekur’s work so the slave told him that he was not his slave. What should Ekur do?
Remaining in the role of Babylonian judges, cast judgement on the following cases. In this case, there is no law listed which outlines how you should deal with the problem. You must decide how the Babylonians would deal with this, based upon the law you do know and their moral and value system. For each judgement, provide a brief rationale for why you made your judgement in the way that you did...
A)Turok’s prize bull broke out of its pen and ran crazythrough the streets of the town.
Before Turok was able to get control it, it trampled and gored the five-year old son of the
local priest. The child died three days later.
B)Hanan bought a slave from a slave seller passing through his town. It turned out that the slave had run away from Ashwar, his owner. What will be your judgement on Hanan and the slave?
C)Azriel kidnaps the daughter of a commoner and rapes her. Before he is caught for this offense, he also rapes a slave-girl belonging to a fairly wealthy merchant. How would he be punished for each offense