§ 152

Law § 152 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If after that woman entered the man’s house they have incurred a debt (a debt has come about against them), the two of them will pay the merchant.
Inscription

Cuneiform

Law § 152 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 19, col. R IX, lns. 52–60)

Transliteration

šum-ma iš-tu MUNUS ši-i a-na É a-wi-lim i-ru-bu e-li-šu-nu ḫu-bu-ul-lum it-tab-ši ki-la-la-šu-nu DAM.GÀR i-ip-pa-lu

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 78)

Normalization

šumma ištu sinništum šī ana bīt awīlim īrubu elīšunu ḫubullum ittabši kilallāšunu tamkāram ippalū.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 78)

Translation

If after that woman entered the man’s house they have incurred a debt (a debt has come about against them), the two of them will pay the merchant.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 78)

Inscription

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Orientation Back
Side(s) Side 5
Column(s) Col. 32
Line(s) Lns. 52–60
Key
Law § 152
Prologue
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Logic

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  • 1 If
  • 2
  • 3 after
  • 4 that woman
  • 5 entered
  • 6 the man's
  • 7 house
  • 8 they [the woman and the man]
  • 9 have incurred
  • 10 a debt
  • 11 [or]
  • 12 a debt
  • 13 has come about against
  • 14 them, [the woman and the man]
  • 15
  • 16 [then]
  • 17
  • 18 the two of them [the woman and the man]
  • 19 will pay
  • 20 the merchant
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23

Citation

Dedović, B. "§ 152 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 3 Nov. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/152. [Accessed 28 Sep. 2024]

MLA 9

Dedović, B. (2023, November 3). § 152 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/152

APA 7

Dedović, Boban. "§ 152 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created November 3, 2023. Modified August 24, 2024. Accessed September 28, 2024. https://ehlaw.org/law/152.

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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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The term Translation commonly means "the conversion of linguistic contents and their meanings from one language into another."

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The term Transliteration commonly means "the conversion of sound values from one writing system into another."

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