section 27 · 27 of 248
The Code of Hammurabi
English, translated by C. H. W. Johns — Johns, The Oldest Code of Laws in the World, Edinburgh, 1903
If a ganger or a constable, who is diverted to the fortresses of the king, and after him one has given his field and his garden to another, and he has carried on his business, if he returns and regains his city, one shall return to him his field and his garden, and he shall carry on his business himself.