§ 5

Law § 5 of Hammurabi's Code

Summary
as a judge, punishment for changing a verdict after the fact is paying the losing party's damages times twelve and removal as a judge.
Translation
If a judge adjudicated a decision, rendered a verdict, had a sealed document deposited, (and) later on changed his decision, that judge will be convicted of changing the decision he adjudicated and will give up to twelve times the fine that was in force in that judgment; further, he will be removed from his judicial seat in the assembly, and will not longer sit with the judges in decision(s). · ·
Law Code
Law Code of Hammurabi
Law Group
Unsubstantiated Allegations
Inscription

Cuneiform

Law § 5 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 4, col. VI, lns. 6–30)

Transliteration

šum-ma da-a-a-nu-um di-nam i-di-in pu-ru-sà-am ip-ru-ús ku-nu-uk-kam ú-še-zi-ib wa-ar-ka-nu-um-ma di-in-šu i-te-ni da-a-a-nam šu-a-ti i-na di-in i-di-nu e-ne-em ú-ka-an-nu-šu-ma ru-gu-um-ma-am ša i-na di-nim šu-a-ti ib-ba-aš-šu-ú A.RÁ 12-šu i-na-ad-di-in ù i-na pu-úḫ-ri-im i-na gišGU.ZA da-a-a-nu-ti-šu ú-še-et-bu-ú-šu-ma ú-ul i-ta-ar-ma it-ti da-a-a-ni i-na di-nim ú-ul uš-a(!TA)-ab

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 382)

Normalization

šumma dayyānum dīnam idīn, purussâm iprus, kunukkam ušēzib, warkānum-ma dīššu īteni, dayyānam šuāti ina dīn idīnu enêm ukannūšū-ma rugummâm ša ina dīnim šuāti ibbaššû adi šinšerīšu inaddin; u ina puḫrim ina kussi dayyānūtīšu ušetbûšû-ma ul itâr-ma itti dayyānī ina dīnim ul uššab.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 99–100)

Translation

If a judge adjudicated a decision, rendered a verdict, had a sealed document deposited, (and) later on changed his decision, that judge will be convicted of changing the decision he adjudicated and will give up to twelve times the fine that was in force in that judgment; further, he will be removed from his judicial seat in the assembly, and will not longer sit with the judges in decision(s).

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 100)

Inscription

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Orientation Front
Side(s) Sides 1 – 2 (overflow)
Column(s) Col. 6
Line(s) Lns. 6–30
Key
Law § 5
Prologue
Laws
Epilogue
Damage
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Logic

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Steps
  • 1 If
  • 2
  • 3 a judge
  • 4 adjudicated a decision,
  • 5 rendered a verdict,
  • 6 had a sealed document deposited,
  • 7
  • 8 and
  • 9
  • 10 (he)
  • 11 later on changed his decision,
  • 12
  • 13 (then)
  • 14
  • 15 that judge
  • 16 will be convicted of changing the decision he adjudicated
  • 17
  • 18 and
  • 19
  • 20 (he)
  • 21 will give up to twelve times the fine that was in force in that judgment;
  • 22
  • 23 further,
  • 24
  • 25 he
  • 26 will be removed from his judicial seat in the assembly,
  • 27
  • 28 and
  • 29
  • 30 (he)
  • 31 will not
  • 32 sit with
  • 33 the (other) judges
  • 34 in decision(s).
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37

Vocabulary

Akkadian Words · Powered by GrammarSnifferSM

šumma (conditional Particle) "if; whether"

ina (Preposition) "in, on, onto"

ša (relative Particle) "(introduces relative clause or epithet); who, whom; s/he who"

ina (Preposition) "in, on, onto"

u (Conjunction)

ina (Preposition) "in, on, onto"

Citation

Dedović, B. "§ 5 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 10 Oct. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/5. [Accessed 3 Nov. 2024]

MLA 9

Dedović, B. (2023, October 10). § 5 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/5

APA 7

Dedović, Boban. "§ 5 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created October 10, 2023. Modified September 4, 2024. Accessed November 3, 2024. https://ehlaw.org/law/5.

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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.

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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