[1]: 272 It was very similar to Sumerian and Babylonian law,[2] although the penalties for offenses were generally more brutal.
[2] The first copy of the code to come to light, dated to the reign of Tiglath-Pileser I (r. 1114–1076 BCE), was discovered in the course of excavations by the German Oriental Society (1903–1914).
[2] Punishments such as the cropping of ears and noses was common, as it was in the Code of Hammurabi, which was composed several centuries earlier.
The vast majority of the listed rules deal with sexual relations/encounters between men and women such as rape, and adultery.
Much of Assyrian law revolves around lust, sexual intercourse, marriage, and pregnancy.