§ 125

Law § 125 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If a man gave his property for safekeeping, and where he gave (it), his property along with the property of the owner of the house has gone missing, either through a break-in or through a burglary, the owner of the house is the one who was negligent; he will make good and restore to the owner of the goods whatever (the other man) gave him for safekeeping and he lost; the owner of the house will look for his stolen property and get (it) from his thief.
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Law § 125 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 15, col. R IV–V, lns. 66–79; 1–7)

Transliteration

šum-ma a-wi-lum mi-im-ma-šu a-na ma-ṣa-ru-tim id-di-in-ma a-šar id-di-nu ù lu i-na pí-il-ši-im ù lu i-na na-ba-al-ka-at-tim mi-im-mu-šu it-ti mi-im-me-e be-el É iḫ-ta-li-iq be-el É ša i-gu-ma mi-im-ma ša a-na ma-ṣa-ru-tim id-di-nu-šum-ma ú-ḫal-li-qú ú-ša-lam-ma a-na be-el NÍG.GA i-ri-a-ab be-el É mi-im-ma-šu ḫal-qá-am iš-te-ne-i-ma [it]-ti šar-ra-⸢qá⸣-ni-šu i-le-qé

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 414)

Normalization

šumma awīlum mimmâšu ana maṣṣarūtim iddim-ma ašar iddinu ū lū ina pilšim ū lū ina nabalkattim mimmûšu itti mimmê bēl bītim iḫtaliq, bēl bītim ša īgû-ma; mimma ša ana maṣṣarūtim iddinūšum-ma uḫalliqu ušallam-ma ana bēl makkūrim irīab; bēl bītim mimmâšu ḫalqam išteneʾʾī-ma [it]ti šarrāqānīšu ileqqe.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 112)

Translation

If a man gave his property for safekeeping, and where he gave (it), his property along with the property of the owner of the house has gone missing, either through a break-in or through a burglary, the owner of the house is the one who was negligent; he will make good and restore to the owner of the goods whatever (the other man) gave him for safekeeping and he lost; the owner of the house will look for his stolen property and get (it) from his thief.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 112)

Cuneiform

Signs for Law § 125

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    Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 15)
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    Law § 125: cuneiform line art
    Source: Harper (1904, p. [pl. XXXIII])
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    Law § 125: line art of cuneiform

Inscription

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Side(s) Sides 5 – 4 (overflow)
Column(s) Cols. 27–28
Line(s) Lns. 66–7
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  • 1 IF:START If
  • 2 CONDITION:START
  • 3 PARTY:1 a man
  • 4 ACTION gave
  • 5 PARTY:1 his
  • 6 ITEM:1 property
  • 7 ACTION for safekeeping,
  • 8 CONDITION:END
  • 9 AND and where
  • 10 CONDITION:START
  • 11 PARTY:1 he
  • 12 ACTION gave
  • 13 ITEM:1 it,
  • 14 PARTY:1 his
  • 15 ITEM:1 property
  • 16 UNDEFINED along with
  • 17 ITEM:2 the property of
  • 18 PARTY:2 the owner of the house
  • 19 ACTION has gone missing,
  • 20 UNDEFINED either through a break-in
  • 21 OR or
  • 22 UNDEFINED through a burglary,
  • 23 CONDITION:END
  • 24 THEN:START [then]
  • 25 RESULT:START
  • 26 PARTY:2 the owner of the house
  • 27 ACTION is the one who was negligent;
  • 28 RESULT:END
  • 29 AND [and]
  • 30 RESULT:START
  • 31 PARTY:2 he
  • 32 ACTION will make good
  • 33 AND and
  • 34 ACTION restore to
  • 35 PARTY:1 the owner of the goods
  • 36 ITEM:1 whatever
  • 37 PARTY:1 the other man
  • 38 ACTION gave him for safekeeping
  • 39 AND and
  • 40 PARTY:2 he
  • 41 ACTION lost;
  • 42 RESULT:END
  • 43 AND [and]
  • 44 RESULT:START
  • 45 PARTY:2 the pwner of the house
  • 46 ACTION will look for
  • 47 PARTY:2 his
  • 48 ITEM:2 stolen property
  • 49 RESULT:END
  • 50 AND [and]
  • 51 RESULT:START
  • 52 PARTY:2 [he]
  • 53 ACTION [will] get
  • 54 ITEM:2 it
  • 55 PARTY:2 from his
  • 56 PARTY:3 thief
  • 57 RESULT:END
  • 58 THEN:END
  • 59 IF:END

Citation

Dedović, B. "§ 125 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 1 Nov. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/125. [Accessed 18 Feb. 2025]

MLA 9

Dedović, B. (2023, November 1). § 125 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/125

APA 7

Dedović, Boban. "§ 125 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created November 1, 2023. Modified January 2, 2025. Accessed February 18, 2025. https://ehlaw.org/law/125.

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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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eHammurabi Glossary

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