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Codex Hammurapi 2:
If a man charges another man with practicing witchcraft but cannot bring proof against him, he who is charged with witchcraft shall go to the divine River Ordeal, he shall indeed submit to the divine River Ordeal, if the divine River Ordeal should overwhelm him, his accuser shall take full legal possession of his estate; if the divine River Ordeal should clear that man and should he survive, he who made the charge of witchcraft against him shall be killed; he who submitted to the divine River Ordeal shall take full legal possession of his accuser’s estate.
Zakariya al-Qazwīnī, Cosmography 203:
(As for) the sixth city (of Babil) there were two judges, seated on top of the water. When two opponents approached them, they recited some (formulae), spat on their feet, and ordered them to walk across on top of the water. The one who had falsily accused, drowned in the water but not the one who had spoken the truth.
Yaqut al-Rumi, Book of Countries 450:
In the sixth city (of Babil) two judges were seated on top of the water. If two litigants approached them, and sat before them, the one of them who made the false accusation would drown into water.
Sources (list of abbreviations)
Codex Hammurapi 2
Yaqut al-Rumi, Book of Countries 450
Zakariya al-Qazwīnī, Cosmography 203
Bibliography
| Jenssen 1995, 73, 84 | Jenssen, Caroline. Babil, the City of Witchcraft and Wine. Mesopotamian History and Environment Memoirs 2. Ghent: University of Ghent 1995. |
| Roth 1995, 81 | Roth, Martha T. Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor. Writings from the Ancient World 6. Atlanta: Scholars Press 1995. |
Amar Annus
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