§ 58

Law § 58 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation

If, after a flock has come up from a meadow, the “termination pennants”? have been hung from the city gate, (yet) the shepherd let the flock go to a field (i.e., put the flock out to pasture), and allowed the flock to use the field, the shepherd will look after the field he allowed to be used and will measure out sixty kor of grain per būrum to the owner of the field at harvest time.

Law Code

Law Code of Hammurabi

Law Group

Livestock, Fields, Land

Inscription

Cuneiform

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 11, col. XV–XVI, lns. 65–78; 1–3)

Transliteration

šum-ma iš-tu U₈.UDU.ḪI.A i-na A.GÀR i-te-li-a-nim ka-an-nu ga-ma-ar-tim i-na ABUL it-ta-aʾ-la-lu SIPA U₈.UDU.ḪI.A a-na A.ŠÀ id-di-ma A.ŠÀ U₈.UDU.ḪI.A uš-ta-ki-il SIPA A.ŠÀ ú-ša-ki-lu i-na- ṣa-ar-ma i-na ebūrim(BURU₁₄) ana būrim (BÙR^iku.E) 60 ŠE.GUR a-na be-el A.ŠÀ i-ma-ad-da-ad

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 383)

Normalization

šumma ištu šēnū ina ugārim īteliānim kannū gamartim ina abullim ittaḫlalū rēʾûm ṣēnī ana eqlim iddī-ma eqlam ṣēnī uštākil, rēʾûm eqel ušākilu inaṣṣar-ma ina ebūrim ana būrim šūši kur âm ana bēl eqlim imaddad.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 100)

Translation

If, after a flock has come up from a meadow, the “termination pennants”? have been hung from the city gate, (yet) the shepherd let the flock go to a field (i.e., put the flock out to pasture), and allowed the flock to use the field, the shepherd will look after the field he allowed to be used and will measure out sixty kor of grain per būrum to the owner of the field at harvest time.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 100–101)

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Side(s) Sides 3 – 1 (overflow)

Column(s) Cols. 15–16

Line(s) Lns. 65–3

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1 If,
2
3 after
4 a flock
5 has come up from a meadow,
6 the termination pennants
7 have been hung from the city gate,
8
9 yet
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11 the shepherd
12 let
13 the flock
14 go to
15 a field
16 i.e.,
17 put
18 the flock
19 out to pasture,
20
21 and
22
23 [he]
24 allowed
25 the flock
26 to use
27 the field,
28
29 [then]
30
31 the shepherd
32 will look after
33 the field
34 he
35 allowed to be used
36
37 and
38
39 [he]
40 will measure out
41 sixty kor of grain per būrum
42 to the owner
43 of the field
44 at harvest time
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Citation

Dedović, B. "§ 58 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 28 Oct. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/58. [Accessed 3 Nov. 2024]

MLA 9

Dedović, B. (2023, October 28). § 58 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/58

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Dedović, Boban. "§ 58 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created October 28, 2023. Modified September 4, 2024. Accessed November 3, 2024. https://ehlaw.org/law/58.

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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.

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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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