§ 267

Law § 267 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If a shepherd was negligent and has caused lameness? in a stable, the shepherd will make good and give to their owner the damage of the lameness? he caused in the stable (in) cattle and flocks.
Inscription

Cuneiform

Law § 267 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 31, col. R XXII, lns. 82–89)

Transliteration

šum-ma SIPAD i-gu!(GEME2)-ma i-na tarbaṣim(TÙR) pí-sà-tam uš-tab-ši SIPAD ḫi-ṭi-it pí-sà-tim ša i-na tarbaṣim(TÙR) ú-ša-ab-šu-ú ÁB.GUD.ḪI.A ù U8.UDU.ḪI.A ú-ša-lam-ma a-na be-lí-šu-nu i-na-ad-di-in

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 305)

Normalization

šumma rēʾûm īgū-ma ina tarbaṣim pissātam uštabši, reʾûm ḫiṭīt pissātim ša ina tarbaṣim ušabšû liātim u ṣēnī ušallam-ma ana bēlīšunu inaddin.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 73)

Translation

If a shepherd was negligent and has caused lameness? in a stable, the shepherd will make good and give to their owner the damage of the lameness? he caused in the stable (in) cattle and flocks.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 73)

Inscription

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Side(s) Side 6
Column(s) Col. 45
Line(s) Lns. 82–89
Key
Law § 267
Prologue
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Logic

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  • 1 If
  • 2
  • 3 a shepherd
  • 4 was negligent
  • 5
  • 6 and
  • 7
  • 8 [he]
  • 9 has caused
  • 10 lameness
  • 11 (in) a stable
  • 12
  • 13 [then]
  • 14
  • 15 the shepherd
  • 16 will make good
  • 17
  • 18 and
  • 19
  • 20 [he]
  • 21 [will] give to
  • 22 their
  • 23 owner
  • 24 the damage
  • 25 of the lameness
  • 26 he
  • 27 caused
  • 28 in the stable
  • 29 in cattle
  • 30 and
  • 31 flocks.
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34

Citation

Dedović, B. "§ 267 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 7 Nov. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/267. [Accessed 28 Sep. 2024]

MLA 9

Dedović, B. (2023, November 7). § 267 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/267

APA 7

Dedović, Boban. "§ 267 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created November 7, 2023. Modified September 6, 2024. Accessed September 28, 2024. https://ehlaw.org/law/267.

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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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