§ 37

Law § 37 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If a man has purchased a field, orchard, or house of a rēdûm, bāʾerum or tenant, his tablet will be broken and he will also forfeit his silver; the field, orchard, or house will return to its owner.
Inscription

Cuneiform

Law § 37 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 8, col. XII, lns. 10–21)

Transliteration

šumma a-wi-lum A.ŠÀ KIRI6 ù É ša AGA.ÚS ŠU.ḪA ù na-ši GUN iš-ta-am DUB-pa-šu iḫ-ḫe-ep-pé ù i-na KUG.BABBAR-šu i-te-el-li A.ŠÀ KIRI6 ù É a-na be-lí-šu i-ta-ar

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 399)

Normalization

šumma awīlum eqlam kiriam ū bītam ša rēdîm bāʾerim ū nāši biltim ištām, ṭuppašu iḫḫeppe u ina kaspīšu ītelli; eqlum kirûm ū bītum ana bēlīšu itâr.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 105)

Translation

If a man has purchased a field, orchard, or house of a rēdûm, bāʾerum or tenant, his tablet will be broken and he will also forfeit his silver; the field, orchard, or house will return to its owner.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 105)

Inscription

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Orientation Front
Side(s) Side 1
Column(s) Col. 12
Line(s) Lns. 10–21
Key
Law § 37
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Logic

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Steps
  • 1 If
  • 2
  • 3 a man
  • 4 has purchased
  • 5 a field,
  • 6 [or]
  • 7 orchard,
  • 8 or
  • 9 house of
  • 10 a rēdûm,
  • 11 [or]
  • 12 bāʾerum
  • 13 or
  • 14 tenant,
  • 15
  • 16 [then]
  • 17
  • 18 his
  • 19 tablet
  • 20 will be broken
  • 21
  • 22 and
  • 23
  • 24 he
  • 25 will also forfeit
  • 26 his
  • 27 silver;
  • 28
  • 29 [and]
  • 30
  • 31 The field,
  • 32 [or]
  • 33 orchard
  • 34 or
  • 35 house
  • 36 shall return to
  • 37 its owner. [rēdûm, bāʾerum or tenant]
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40

Citation

Dedović, B. "§ 37 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 26 Oct. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/37. [Accessed 20 Oct. 2024]

MLA 9

Dedović, B. (2023, October 26). § 37 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/37

APA 7

Dedović, Boban. "§ 37 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created October 26, 2023. Modified August 14, 2024. Accessed October 20, 2024. https://ehlaw.org/law/37.

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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

eHammurabi Glossary

The § symbol commonly denotes "a shorthand notation for the word 'section'."

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

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