§ 40

Law § 40 of Hammurabi's Code

Summary
certain individuals may exchange their real property for silver; and the new owner is responsible for said real property.
Translation
A temple-woman, a merchant and a tenant with special duties may exchange their field, their orchard or their house for silver. The purchaser shall perform the duties for the field, orchard or house which he buys.
Inscription

Cuneiform

Law § 40 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 9, col. XII, lns. 39–48)

Transliteration

aššatum tamkarum u il-kum a-ḫu-u-um eḳil-šu kirâ-šu u bî-zu ana kaspim i-na-ad-di-in ša-a-a-ma-nu-um i-li-ik eḳlim kirêm u bîtim ša i-ša-am-mu i-il-la-ak

Source: Abulhab (2017, p. 39)

Normalization

nadītum tamkārum u ilkum aḫûm eqelšu kirāšu u bīssu ana kaspim inaddin. šāyyimānum ilik eqlim kirîm u bītim ša išammu illak

Source: Richardson (2004, p. 54)

Translation

A temple-woman, a merchant and a tenant with special duties may exchange their field, their orchard or their house for silver. The purchaser shall perform the duties for the field, orchard or house which he buys.

Source: Richardson (2004, p. 55)

Inscription

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Orientation Front
Side(s) Sides 2 – 3 (overflow)
Column(s) Col. 12
Line(s) Lns. 39–49
Key
Law § 40
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Logic

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  • 1 [If]
  • 2
  • 3 a temple-woman,
  • 4 [or]
  • 5 a merchant
  • 6 [or]
  • 7 and a tenant with special duties
  • 8 [own]
  • 9 a field,
  • 10 [or]
  • 11 orchard
  • 12 or
  • 13 house
  • 14
  • 15 [then]
  • 16
  • 17 The temple-woman
  • 18 [or]
  • 19 merchant
  • 20 and
  • 21 tenant with special duties
  • 22 may exchange
  • 23 their field,
  • 24 [or]
  • 25 their orchard
  • 26 or
  • 27 their house
  • 28 for silver.
  • 29
  • 30 [and]
  • 31
  • 32 the purchaser
  • 33 shall perform the duties for
  • 34 the field,
  • 35 [or]
  • 36 orchard
  • 37 or
  • 38 house
  • 39 which he
  • 40 buys.
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43

Vocabulary

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nadītum (Noun form) Feminine Singular Nominative of nadītu "temple priestess"

ilkum (Noun form) Masculine Singular Nominative of ilku "state service"

Citation

Dedović, B. "§ 40 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 26 Oct. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/40. [Accessed 3 Nov. 2024]

MLA 9

Dedović, B. (2023, October 26). § 40 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/40

APA 7

Dedović, Boban. "§ 40 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created October 26, 2023. Modified August 14, 2024. Accessed November 3, 2024. https://ehlaw.org/law/40.

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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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