§ 255

Law § 255 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If he gave the man’s cattle for hire or stole the seed and has not produced (anything) in the field, that man will be convicted and at the harvest he will measure out sixty kor of grain per būr.
Law Code
Law Code of Hammurabi
Law Group
Labor, Equipment, Fees
Inscription

Cuneiform

Law § 255 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 30, col. R XXI, lns. 88–96)

Transliteration

šum-ma ÁB.GUD.ḪI.A a-wi-lim a-na ig-ri-im it-ta-di-in ù lu ŠE.NUMUN iš-ri-iq-ma i-na A.ŠÀ la uš-tab-ši a-wi-lam šu-a-ti ú-ka-an-nu-šu-ma i-na ebūrim (BURU14) ana būrim (BÙRiku.E) 60 ŠE.GUR i-ma-ad-da-ad

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 415)

Normalization

šumma liāt awīlim ana igrim ittadin ū lū zēram išriq-ma ina eqlim lā uštabši, awīlam šuāti ukannūšū-ma ina ebūrim ana būrim šūši kur âm imaddad.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 113)

Translation

If he gave the man’s cattle for hire or stole the seed and has not produced (anything) in the field, that man will be convicted and at the harvest he will measure out sixty kor of grain per būr.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 113)

Inscription

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Side(s) Side 6
Column(s) Col. 44
Line(s) Lns. 88–96
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  • 1 If
  • 2
  • 3 he
  • 4 gave
  • 5 [another] man's
  • 6 cattle
  • 7 for hire
  • 8
  • 9 or
  • 10
  • 11 [he]
  • 12 stole
  • 13 the seed
  • 14
  • 15 and
  • 16
  • 17 he
  • 18 has not
  • 19 produced anything in
  • 20 the field,
  • 21
  • 22 [then]
  • 23
  • 24 that man
  • 25 will be convicted
  • 26
  • 27 and
  • 28
  • 29 at the harvest
  • 30 he
  • 31 will measure out
  • 32 sixty kor of grain per būr.
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  • 34
  • 35

Citation

Dedović, B. "§ 255 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 6 Nov. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/255. [Accessed 3 Nov. 2024]

MLA 9

Dedović, B. (2023, November 6). § 255 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/255

APA 7

Dedović, Boban. "§ 255 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created November 6, 2023. Modified September 2, 2024. Accessed November 3, 2024. https://ehlaw.org/law/255.

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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]

SoT

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