§ 266

Law § 266 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If there has been an act of god78 in a sheepfold or a lion has made a kill, the shepherd shall absolve himself in the presence of the god, and the owner of the sheepfold shall accept from him the damage in the sheepfold79.
Law Code
Law Code of Hammurabi
Law Group
Labor, Equipment, Fees
Inscription

Cuneiform

Law § 266 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 31, col. R XXII, lns. 76–81)

Transliteration

šum-ma i-na tarbaṣim li-bi-it i-lim it-tab-ši u lu UR.MAH id-du-uk brêʾum ma-ḫar ilim u-ub-ba-am-ma mi-ki-it-ti tarbaṣim be-el tarbaṣim i-maḫ-ḫar-šu

Source: Abulhab (2017, p. 103)

Normalization

šumma ina tarbaṣim 360lipit ilim* ittabši u lu nēšum iddûk, rēʾûm maḫar ilim ubbamma miqitti tarbaṣim bēl tarbaṣim imaḫḫaršu.

Source: Richardson (2004, p. 114)

Translation

If there has been an act of god78 in a sheepfold or a lion has made a kill, the shepherd shall absolve himself in the presence of the god, and the owner of the sheepfold shall accept from him the damage in the sheepfold79.

Source: Richardson (2004, p. 115)

Inscription

Location of Law § 266 · Powered by Stele3DSM

Orientation Back
Side(s) Side 5
Column(s) Col. 45
Line(s) Lns. 76–81
Key
Law § 266
Prologue
Laws
Epilogue
Damage
Open Law § 266 in Stele3DSM

Logic

Logic Map for § 266 · Powered by LawgicSnifferSM

#
Steps
  • 1 If
  • 2
  • 3 there has been
  • 4 an act of
  • 5 god
  • 6 in a sheepfold
  • 7
  • 8 or
  • 9
  • 10 a lion
  • 11 has made a kill,
  • 12
  • 13 [then]
  • 14
  • 15 the shepherd
  • 16 shall absolve
  • 17 himself
  • 18 in the presence of
  • 19 the god,
  • 20
  • 21 and
  • 22
  • 23 the owner
  • 24 of the sheepfold
  • 25 shall accept from
  • 26 him
  • 27 the damage
  • 28 in the sheepfold.
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31

Citation

Dedović, B. "§ 266 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 7 Nov. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/266. [Accessed 3 Nov. 2024]

MLA 9

Dedović, B. (2023, November 7). § 266 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/266

APA 7

Dedović, Boban. "§ 266 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created November 7, 2023. Modified September 15, 2024. Accessed November 3, 2024. https://ehlaw.org/law/266.

CMS 16

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'."

Read more

eHammurabi Glossary

The term Cuneiform commonly means "an ancient writing system used by various cultures around Mesopotamia."

Read more

eHammurabi Glossary

The term Normalization commonly means "the application of grammatical rules unto transliterated sound values."

Read more

eHammurabi Glossary

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

Read more

eHammurabi Glossary

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

Read more