§ 235

Law § 235 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If a boat-builder has caulked a boat for a man but has not done it properly and in the same year the boat begins to leak77 and shows a defect, the boat-builder shall repair that boat and reinforce it at his own expense, and give the reinforced boat to the owner of the boat.
Inscription

Cuneiform

Law § 235 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 29, col. R XX, lns. 10–26)

Transliteration

šum-ma malaḫum elippam a-na a-wi-lim ip-ḫi-ma ši-bi-ir-šu la u-tak-ki-il-ma i-na ša-at-tim-ma šu-a-ti elippum ši-i iz-za-par ḫi-di-tam ir-ta-ši malaḫum elippam šu-a-ti i-na-ḳar-ma i-na ŠA.GA ra-ma-ni-šu u-dan-na-an-ma elippam dan-na-tam a-na be-el elippim i-na-ad-di-in

Source: Abulhab (2017, p. 95)

Normalization

šumma malāḫum eleppam ana awīlim ipḫēma šipiršu la utakkilma ina šattimma šuāti eleppum šî iṣṣabar, ḫiṭītam irtaši. malāḫum eleppam šuāti inaqqarma ina makkūr ramanišu udannanma eleppam dannatam ana bēl eleppim inaddin.

Source: Richardson (2004, p. 108)

Translation

If a boat-builder has caulked a boat for a man but has not done it properly and in the same year the boat begins to leak77 and shows a defect, the boat-builder shall repair that boat and reinforce it at his own expense, and give the reinforced boat to the owner of the boat.

Source: Richardson (2004, p. 109)

Inscription

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Side(s) Sides 4 – 5 (overflow)
Column(s) Col. 43
Line(s) Lns. 10–26
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Logic

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Steps
  • 1 If
  • 2
  • 3 a boat-builder
  • 4 has caulked
  • 5 a boat
  • 6 (for) a man
  • 7
  • 8 but
  • 9
  • 10 [he]
  • 11 has not
  • 12 done
  • 13 it
  • 14 properly
  • 15
  • 16 and in the same year
  • 17
  • 18 the boat
  • 19 begins to leak
  • 20 and
  • 21 shows
  • 22 a defect,
  • 23
  • 24 [then]
  • 25
  • 26 the boat-builder
  • 27 shall repair
  • 28 that boat
  • 29
  • 30 and
  • 31
  • 32 [he]
  • 33 [shall] reinforce
  • 34 it
  • 35 (at) his
  • 36 own expense
  • 37
  • 38 and
  • 39
  • 40 [he]
  • 41 [shall] give
  • 42 the reinforced boat
  • 43 to the owner
  • 44 of the boat.
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47

Citation

Dedović, B. "§ 235 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 6 Nov. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/235. [Accessed 3 Nov. 2024]

MLA 9

Dedović, B. (2023, November 6). § 235 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/235

APA 7

Dedović, Boban. "§ 235 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created November 6, 2023. Modified September 6, 2024. Accessed November 3, 2024. https://ehlaw.org/law/235.

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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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