Babylonian society has been classified as three classes. The upper class, or the Awilu, is a group of free people with plentiful wealth . The lower class, defined as the Mushkenu, are also free people, but have common wealth and do not poses the amount of riches as the Awilu. The slaves, or the Wardu, are made up as a majority of prisoners of war, but can also include Babylonian citizens who have been sold by their parents or are being punished for a certain offense or crime they have committed. Slaves are regularly well- treated but are punished after attempting an escape. Slaves have certain legal rights, can engage in a business, and can buy themselves out of slavery with money earned or borrowed. Also, if a child of a slave were to marry a person of the Mushkenu or Awilu, they were to be free as well.