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The person accused of a certain crime was subjected to the test of cold water, which consisted in the person's plunging into a river; if the river bore him away his guilt was established; if he remained quiet and uninjured in the water, his innocence was believed to have been proved (Winkler, "Die Gesetze Hammurabis", Leipzig, 1902, 10).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Hammurabis in Unschrift und Uebersetzung herausgeben (Leipzig, 1904);
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Hammurabis_ (Vienna, 1903); J. Kohler and F.E. Peiser, _Hammurabis Gesetz_
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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Hammurabis_, Band IV, Heft 4, of _Der Alte Orient_) furnishes the basis of the version herewith presented.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885
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