§ 112

Law § 112 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If a man was living in transit (?) and gave a man silver, gold, (precious) stone(s), or small possessions, and had him deliver (them) on consignment, (and) that man did not give something that was to be dispatched where it was to be dispatched, but kept it himself (carried it away), the owner of the consignment will convict that man concerning anything that was to be dispatched but that he did not give, and then that man will give the owner of the consignment up to five times anything that was given to him.
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Law § 112 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 13, col. R II, lns. 50–74)

Transliteration

šum-ma a-wi-lum i-na ḫar-ra-nim wa-ši-ib-ma KUG.BABBAR KUG.SIG17 NA4 ù bi-iš qá-ti-šu a-na a-wi-lim id-di-in-ma a-na ši-bu-ul-tim ú-ša-bíl-šu a-wi-lum šu-ú mi-im-ma ša šu-bu-lu a-šar šu-bu-lu la id-⸢di⸣-in-ma it-ba-al be-el ši-bu-ul-tim a-wi-lam šu-a-ti i-na mi-im-ma ša šu-bu-lu-ma la id-di-nu ú-ka-an-«nu»-šu-ma a-wi-lum šu-ú A.RÁ 5-šu mi-im-ma ša in-na-ad-nu-šum a-na be-el ši-bu-ul-tim i-na-ad-di-in

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 317)

Normalization

šumma awīlum ina ḫarrānim wašim-ma kaspam ḫurāṣam abnam ū bīš qātīšu ana awīlim iddim-ma ana šībultim ušābilšu awīlum šū mimma ša šūbulu ašar šūbulu lā iddim-ma itbal, bēl šībultim awīlam šuāti ina mimma ša šūbulū-ma lā iddinu ukāššū-ma awīlum šū adi ḫamšīšu mimma ša innadnūšum ana bēl šībultim inaddin

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 77)

Translation

If a man was living in transit (?) and gave a man silver, gold, (precious) stone(s), or small possessions, and had him deliver (them) on consignment, (and) that man did not give something that was to be dispatched where it was to be dispatched, but kept it himself (carried it away), the owner of the consignment will convict that man concerning anything that was to be dispatched but that he did not give, and then that man will give the owner of the consignment up to five times anything that was given to him.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 77)

Cuneiform

Signs for Law § 112

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    Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 13)
    Cuneiform
    Law § 112: cuneiform line art
    Source: Harper (1904, p. [pl. XXIX])
    Cuneiform
    Law § 112: line art of cuneiform

Inscription

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Side(s) Sides 5 – 6 (overflow)
Column(s) Col. 25
Line(s) Lns. 50–74
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  • 1 IF:START If
  • 2 CONDITION:START
  • 3 PARTY:1 a man
  • 4 ACTION was living in transit (?)
  • 5 AND and
  • 6 PARTY:1 [he]
  • 7 ACTION gave
  • 8 PARTY:2 a man
  • 9 ITEM:1 [either]
  • 10 ITEM:2 silver,
  • 11 OR [or]
  • 12 ITEM:3 gold,
  • 13 ITEM:4 (precious) stone(s),
  • 14 OR or
  • 15 ITEM:5 small possessions,
  • 16 CONDITION:END
  • 17 AND and
  • 18 CONDITION:START
  • 19 PARTY:1 [he]
  • 20 ACTION had
  • 21 PARTY:2 him
  • 22 ACTION deliver
  • 23 ITEM:1 (them)
  • 24 ACTION on consignment.
  • 25 CONDITION:END
  • 26 AND (and)
  • 27 CONDITION:START
  • 28 PARTY:2 that man
  • 29 NEGATION did not
  • 30 ACTION give something that was to be dispatched where
  • 31 ITEM:1 it
  • 32 ACTION was to be dispatched,
  • 33 BUT but
  • 34 PARTY:2 [he]
  • 35 ACTION kept
  • 36 ITEM:1 it
  • 37 PARTY:2 himself
  • 38 OR [or]
  • 39 PARTY:2 [he]
  • 40 ACTION carried
  • 41 ITEM:1 it
  • 42 UNDEFINED away,
  • 43 CONDITION:END
  • 44 THEN:START [then]
  • 45 RESULT:START
  • 46 PARTY:1 the owner
  • 47 ITEM:1 of the consignment
  • 48 ACTION will convict
  • 49 PARTY:2 that man
  • 50 UNDEFINED concerning
  • 51 ITEM:1 anything
  • 52 ACTION that was to be dispatched
  • 53 BUT but that
  • 54 PARTY:2 he
  • 55 NEGATION did not
  • 56 ACTION give,
  • 57 RESULT:END
  • 58 AND and
  • 59 THEN then
  • 60 RESULT:START
  • 61 PARTY:2 that man
  • 62 ACTION will give
  • 63 PARTY:1 the owner
  • 64 ITEM:1 of the consignment
  • 65 UNDEFINED up to five times
  • 66 ITEM:1 anything
  • 67 ACTION that was given
  • 68 PARTY:2 to him.
  • 69 RESULT:END
  • 70 THEN:END
  • 71 IF:END

Citation

Dedović, B. "§ 112 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 31 Oct. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/112. [Accessed 18 Feb. 2025]

MLA 9

Dedović, B. (2023, October 31). § 112 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/112

APA 7

Dedović, Boban. "§ 112 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created October 31, 2023. Modified December 22, 2024. Accessed February 18, 2025. https://ehlaw.org/law/112.

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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]

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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]

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