<P> Punishments for someone assaulting someone from a lower class were far lighter than if they had assaulted someone of equal or higher status . For example, if a doctor killed a rich patient, he would have his hands cut off, but if he killed a slave, only financial restitution was required . Women could also receive punishments that their male counterparts would not, as men were permitted to have affairs with their servants and slaves, whereas married women would be harshly punished for committing adultery . </P> <P> Various copies of portions of the Code of Hammurabi have been found on baked clay tablets, some possibly older than the celebrated basalt stele now in the Louvre . The Prologue of the Code of Hammurabi (the first 305 inscribed squares on the stele) is on such a tablet, also at the Louvre (Inv #AO 10237). Some gaps in the list of benefits bestowed on cities recently annexed by Hammurabi may imply that it is older than the famous stele (currently dated to the early 18th century BC). Likewise, the Museum of the Ancient Orient, part of the Istanbul Archaeology Museums, also has a "Code of Hammurabi" clay tablet, dated to 1790 BC, in (Room 5, Inv #Ni 2358). </P> <P> In July 2010, archaeologists reported that a fragmentary Akkadian cuneiform tablet was discovered at Tel Hazor, Israel, containing a c. 1700 BC text that was said to be partly parallel to portions of the Hammurabi code . The Hazor law code fragments are currently being prepared for publication by a team from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . </P> <Table> External video <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Law Code Stele of King Hammurabi, 1792--1750 BC, Smarthistory </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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