§ 227

Law § 227 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If a man deceived a barber and he has shaved the hair-style of a slave that is not his, that man will be killed and hung on his gate; the barber will swear “I did not knowingly shave” and be released.
Inscription

Cuneiform

Law § 227 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 28, col. R XIX, lns. 43–55)

Transliteration

šum-ma a-wi-lum gallābam(ŠU.I) i-da-aṣ-ma ab-bu-ti ÌR la še-e-em ug-da-al-li-ib a-wi-lam šu-a-ti i-du-uk-ku-šu-ma i-na KÁ-šu i-ḫa-al-la-lu-šu gallābum(ŠU.I) i-na i-du-ú la ú-gal-li-bu i-tam-ma-ma ú-ta-aš-šar

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 441)

Normalization

šumma awīlum gallābam idâṣ-ma abbutti wardim lā šêm ugdallib, awīlam šuāti idukkūšū-ma ina bābīšu iḫallalūšu; gallābum “ina īdû lā ugallibu” itammā-ma ūtaššar.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 124)

Translation

If a man deceived a barber and he has shaved the hair-style of a slave that is not his, that man will be killed and hung on his gate; the barber will swear “I did not knowingly shave” and be released.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 124)

Inscription

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Side(s) Side 5
Column(s) Col. 42
Line(s) Lns. 43–55
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  • 1 If
  • 2
  • 3 a man
  • 4 deceived
  • 5 a barber
  • 6
  • 7 and
  • 8
  • 9 he
  • 10 has shaved
  • 11 the hair-style
  • 12 (of) a slave that
  • 13 is not
  • 14 his,
  • 15
  • 16 [then]
  • 17
  • 18 that man
  • 19 will be killed
  • 20 and
  • 21 [he]
  • 22 [will] be hung on
  • 23 his
  • 24 gate;
  • 25
  • 26 [and]
  • 27
  • 28 the barber
  • 29 will swear
  • 30 “I
  • 31 did not
  • 32 knowingly shave”
  • 33 and
  • 34 [he]
  • 35 [will] be released.
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38

Citation

Dedović, B. "§ 227 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 6 Nov. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/227. [Accessed 3 Nov. 2024]

MLA 9

Dedović, B. (2023, November 6). § 227 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/227

APA 7

Dedović, Boban. "§ 227 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created November 6, 2023. Modified September 2, 2024. Accessed November 3, 2024. https://ehlaw.org/law/227.

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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

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