§ 47

Law § 47 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation

If a tenant farmer, because he did not recover (lit., receive) his expenses in the previous year, has said he would plow the field (again) (or, has said, “I will plow the field (again)”), the owner of the field will not object; that very tenant farmer of his may plow his field, and he will receive grain at the harvest according to his contract(s).

Law Code

Law Code of Hammurabi

Law Group

Agricultural Tenants

Inscription

Cuneiform

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 9–10, col. XIII, lns. 58–70)

Transliteration

šum-ma er-re-šum aš-šum i-na ša-at-tim maḫ-ri-tim ma-na-ḫa-ti-šu la il-qú-ú A.ŠÀ e-RI-ša-am iq-ta-bi be-el A.ŠÀ ú-ul ú-up-pa-as er-re-su-ma A.ŠÀ-šu i-ir-ri-iš-ma i-na ebūrim(BURU₁₄) ki-ma ri-ik-sa-ti-šu ŠE i-le-qé

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 278)

Normalization

šumma errēšum aššum ina šattim maḫrītim mānaḫātīšu lā ilqû eqlam erēšam iqtabi (or, "eqlam errišam" iqtabi), bēl eqlim ul uppas; errēssū-ma eqelšu irriš-ma ina ebūrim kīma riksātīšu âm ileqqe.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 64)

Translation

If a tenant farmer, because he did not recover (lit., receive) his expenses in the previous year, has said he would plow the field (again) (or, has said, “I will plow the field (again)”), the owner of the field will not object; that very tenant farmer of his may plow his field, and he will receive grain at the harvest according to his contract(s).

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 64)

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Side(s) Side 3

Column(s) Col. 13

Line(s) Lns. 58–70

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1 If
2
3 a tenant farmer,
4 because
5 he
6 did not
7 recover (lit., receive)
8 his
9 expenses in the previous year,
10 [he]
11 has said
12 he
13 would plow (again)
14 the field
15 (or,
16 [he]
17 has said,
18 "I
19 will plow (again)”),
20 the field
21
22
23
24 the owner
25 of the field
26 will not
27 object;
28
29 [and]
30
31 (that very) tenant farmer
32 (of) his
33 may plow
34 his
35 field,
36
37 and
38
39 he
40 will receive
41 grain
42 at the harvest according to
43 his
44 contract(s).
45
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Citation

Dedović, B. "§ 47 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 26 Oct. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/47. [Accessed 2 Nov. 2024]

MLA 9

Dedović, B. (2023, October 26). § 47 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/47

APA 7

Dedović, Boban. "§ 47 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created October 26, 2023. Modified August 14, 2024. Accessed November 2, 2024. https://ehlaw.org/law/47.

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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]

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Richardson, Mervyn E.J. Hammurabi's Laws: Text, Translation and Glossary. New York, NY: T & T Clark International, 2004.

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Sound of Text Contributors. "Sound of Text: AI Text-to-Speech." Accessed November 14, 2023. https://soundoftext.app. [Visit]

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