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The Hittite laws have been preserved on a number of Hittite Cuneiform tablets found at Hattusa ( CTH 291-292, listing 200 laws). Copies have been found written in Old Hittite as well as in Middle and Late Hittite, indicating that they had validity throughout the duration of the Hittite Empire (ca. 1600–1100 BC). The laws are formulated as case laws, they start with a condition and a ruling follows, "If anyone tears off the ear of a male or female slave, he shall pay 3 shekels of silver". None of the laws are formulated in the second person, that is, "You shall not do X". LITERATURE
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