I,
Hammurabi, the perfect king, was not careless or neglectful of the people whom
Enlil presented me and whose shepherding Marduk had committed to me; drove the Troublesome
Ones (Mochthoi) out of the wine and sacred granaries (Beer
Gardens??)--Code of Hammurabi ca 1792-1750 BCE
The Code of Hammurabi also demanded the death penalty on a proprietor who
diluted his
beer.
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