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Vestal Virgins[edit]

The article states that "Vestal virgins were not supposed to have children, yet they could marry and often did. The Code contemplated that such a wife would give a husband a maid, as above."

But "Vestal virgins" were a Roman custom, and not a Babylonian one! So clearly there is some sort of mistake in this instance.

Joe Gatt 09:14, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose the author of this phrase meant to say temple priestess, temple prostitutes, or women of equal or similar positions. I will change that.Gw2005 (talk) 00:30, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Updates[edit]

(in particular, the bibiliography ends at 1903)

What are law murts? And is this material original? -- Zoe

hammurabi's laws, all 282 of them! (unsigned comment by 69.113.218.202 (talk · contribs)) on Jan 24 2006

This material is not original, but a copy of the public domain Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition. That's acceptable in Wikipedia, although updates are welcome. David Brooks 19:57, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Its not original, but it might be linked to other earlier sources of Babylonian law such as the Letter of Nanse and the form of Contracts in the ANE discussed by Kenneth Kitchen who uses passages from the Pentateuch, sharia law and Egyptian Law Hotep Rktect 20:34, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Changelings?

This page mentions a law refering to "changelings". I believe the original law by Hammurabi (Law 194?) referred to a wet-nurse switching a dead child for someone else's live (and human) baby without the knowledge of the parents. I'm not sure where the reference to changelings came in, but I don't think it's appropriate and I don't think the changeling myth was even in existence at the time of the law's creation. Does anybody know more about this? Susangibba (talk) 23:10, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The spelling of the three social classes[edit]

I'm not sure what the current consensus is for spelling the three social classes, so I just went by number of google book hits. If anyone knows differently, please explain here and update the article.

amelu (vs. amilu, awilu, awelu)
mushkenu (i.e. muškenu) (vs. mushkinu)
ardu (vs. wardu)

IansAwesomePizza (talk) 21:49, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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