§ 46

Law § 46 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If he has not received any rent for his field, or has rented only a half or a third of the field, the cultivator and the owner of the field shall share by agreement whatever grain is produced from the field.
Inscription

Cuneiform

Law § 46 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 9, col. XIII, lns. 47–57)

Transliteration

šum-ma bilat eḳli-šu la im-ta-ḫar u lu a-na mi-iš-la-ni u lu a-na ša-lu-uš eḳlam id-di-in šeʾam ša i-na eḳlim ib-ba-aš-šu-u ir-ri-šum u be-el eḳlim a-na ap-ši-te-im i-zu-uz-zu

Source: Abulhab (2017, p. 41)

Normalization

šumma bilat eqlišu la imtaḫar, u lu ana mišlāni u lu ana šaluš eqlam iddin šeʾam ša ina eqlim ibbaššû errēšum u bēl eqlim ana apšītêm izuzzū.

Source: Richardson (2004, p. 58)

Translation

If he has not received any rent for his field, or has rented only a half or a third of the field, the cultivator and the owner of the field shall share by agreement whatever grain is produced from the field.

Source: Richardson (2004, p. 59)

Inscription

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Orientation Front
Side(s) Sides 2 – 3 (overflow)
Column(s) Col. 13
Line(s) Lns. 47–57
Key
Law § 46
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Logic

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Steps
  • 1 If
  • 2
  • 3 he [a man]
  • 4 has not
  • 5 received any
  • 6 rent
  • 7 for his
  • 8 field,
  • 9 or
  • 10 [he]
  • 11 has rented only a half or a third of
  • 12 the field,
  • 13
  • 14 [then]
  • 15
  • 16 the cultivator
  • 17 and
  • 18 the owner
  • 19 of the field
  • 20 shall share by agreement
  • 21 whatever grain
  • 22 is produced from
  • 23 the field.
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26

Citation

Dedović, B. "§ 46 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 26 Oct. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/46. [Accessed 28 Sep. 2024]

MLA 9

Dedović, B. (2023, October 26). § 46 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/46

APA 7

Dedović, Boban. "§ 46 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created October 26, 2023. Modified September 4, 2024. Accessed September 28, 2024. https://ehlaw.org/law/46.

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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

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

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