Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 351)
Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 88)
Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 88)
Inscription
Location of Law § 177 ·
Powered by Stele 3DSM
Logic
Logic Map for § 177 · Powered by Lawgic Sniffer SM
- 1 If
- 2
- 3 a widow (whose)
- 4 children
- 5 are very young
- 6 [and]
- 7 [she]
- 8 has decided to enter
- 9 the house
- 10 (of) another man,
- 11
- 12 [then]
- 13
- 14 she
- 15 will not
- 16 enter without the consent of
- 17 the judges;
- 18
- 19 [and]
- 20
- 21 (when) she
- 22 enters
- 23 the house of
- 24 another man,
- 25
- 26 [then]
- 27
- 28 the judges
- 29 will investigate the circumstances of
- 30 her
- 31 previous husband’s
- 32 estate,
- 33
- 34
- 35
- 36 [they]
- 37 [will] assign
- 38 the estate of
- 39 her
- 40 previous husband
- 41 (to) her
- 42 future husband
- 43 and
- 44 that woman,
- 45 and
- 46 have
- 47 them [the woman and future husband]
- 48 make out
- 49 a document;
- 50
- 51 [and]
- 52
- 53 they
- 54 will look after
- 55 the estate
- 56 and
- 57 [they]
- 58 [will] raise
- 59 the young children;
- 60
- 61 [and]
- 62
- 63 they
- 64 will not
- 65 sell
- 66 the furnishings;
- 67
- 68 [and]
- 69
- 70 the buyer
- 71 who buys
- 72 the furnishings
- 73 (of) the widow's
- 74 children
- 75 will forfeit
- 76 his
- 77 silver;
- 78
- 79 [and]
- 80
- 81 the property
- 82 will return to
- 83 its
- 84 owner.
- 85
- 86
- 87
Citation
Dedović, B. "§ 177 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 4 Nov. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/177. [Accessed 28 Sep. 2024]
Dedović, B. (2023, November 4). § 177 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/177
Bibliography
Abulhab, Saad D. The Law Code of Hammurabi: Transliterated and Literally Translated from its Early Classical Arabic Language. New York, NY: Blautopf, 2017.
Bergmann, Eugen. Codex Ḫammurabi: Textus Primigenius. Rome, Italy: Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, 1953.
Huehnergard, John. Key to a Grammar of Akkadian (Third Edition). Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2013.
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.
Sound of Text Contributors. "Sound of Text: AI Text-to-Speech." Accessed November 14, 2023. https://soundoftext.app. [Visit]
eHammurabi Glossary
The § symbol commonly denotes "a shorthand notation for the word 'section'."
Read moreeHammurabi Glossary
The term Cuneiform commonly means "an ancient writing system used by various cultures around Mesopotamia."
Read moreeHammurabi Glossary
The term Normalization commonly means "the application of grammatical rules unto transliterated sound values."
Read moreeHammurabi Glossary
The term Translation commonly means "the conversion of linguistic contents and their meanings from one language into another."
Read moreeHammurabi Glossary
The term Transliteration commonly means "the conversion of sound values from one writing system into another."
Read more