§ 110

Law § 110 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If a temple-woman, a priestess who has not been living in the communal house, opens a drinking house or enters a drinking house53 for a drink, they shall burn such a woman.
Law Group
Inscription

Cuneiform

Law § 110 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 13, col. R II, lns. 36–44)

Transliteration

šum-ma aššatum NIN.AN ša i-na MAL.GE.A la wa-aš-ba-at bît GEŠ.TIN.NA ip-te-te u lu a-na šikarim a-na bît GEŠ.TIN.NA i-te-ru-ub a-wi-il-tam šu-a-ti i-ḳal-lu-u-ši

Source: Abulhab (2017, p. 55)

Normalization

šumma nadītum ugbabtum ša ina gagîm la wašbat bīt sībim iptete u lu ana šikarim ana bīt sībim īterub, awīltam šuāti iqallûši.

Source: Richardson (2004, p. 74)

Translation

If a temple-woman, a priestess who has not been living in the communal house, opens a drinking house or enters a drinking house53 for a drink, they shall burn such a woman.

Source: Richardson (2004, p. 75)

Inscription

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Orientation Back
Side(s) Side 5
Column(s) Col. 25
Line(s) Lns. 36–44
Key
Law § 110
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  • 1 If
  • 2
  • 3 a temple-woman,
  • 4 [or]
  • 5 a priestess
  • 6 who has not
  • 7 been living in
  • 8 the communal house,
  • 9 opens a drinking house
  • 10 or
  • 11 [she]
  • 12 enters a drinking house for a drink,
  • 13
  • 14 [then]
  • 15
  • 16 they
  • 17 shall burn such
  • 18 a woman.
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21

Citation

Dedović, B. "§ 110 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 29 Oct. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/110. [Accessed 28 Sep. 2024]

MLA 9

Dedović, B. (2023, October 29). § 110 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/110

APA 7

Dedović, Boban. "§ 110 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created October 29, 2023. Modified September 4, 2024. Accessed September 28, 2024. https://ehlaw.org/law/110.

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Bibliography

Abulhab, Saad D. The Law Code of Hammurabi: Transliterated and Literally Translated from its Early Classical Arabic Language. New York, NY: Blautopf, 2017.

ACH

Bergmann, Eugen. Codex Ḫammurabi: Textus Primigenius. Rome, Italy: Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, 1953.

CHTP

Huehnergard, John. A Grammar of Akkadian (Third Edition). Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2011.

HAG3

Huehnergard, John. Key to a Grammar of Akkadian (Third Edition). Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2013.

HKEY3

OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "OMNIKA: Digital Mythology Library & Search Engine." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation, accessed November 14, 2023. https://omnika.org. [Visit]

Richardson, Mervyn E.J. Hammurabi's Laws: Text, Translation and Glossary. New York, NY: T & T Clark International, 2004.

RHL

Sound of Text Contributors. "Sound of Text: AI Text-to-Speech." Accessed November 14, 2023. https://soundoftext.app. [Visit]

SoT

eHammurabi Glossary

The § symbol commonly denotes "a shorthand notation for the word 'section'."

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The term Cuneiform commonly means "an ancient writing system used by various cultures around Mesopotamia."

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The term Normalization commonly means "the application of grammatical rules unto transliterated sound values."

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