See link. I just went down this rabbit hole for some reason. Really interesting stuff.
#48. If any one owe a debt for a loan, and a storm prostrates the grain, or the harvest fail, or the grain does not grow for lack of water; in that year he need not give his creditor any grain, he washes his debt-tablet in water and pays no rent for this year.
So, I'm thinking Covid and unemployment are similar here vis-a-vis rents and mortgage payments, right? There was a post somewhere about medieval peasants worked less than we do today. Hammurabi's Code is from ca. 1780 B.C.! Everyone has had it better than we do currently! Lol!