§ 60

Law § 60 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If a man gave a field to a gardener to plant an orchard, (and) the gardener planted the orchard, he will tend the orchard for four years; in the fifth year the owner of the orchard and the gardener will share equally; the owner of the field will have first choice of his share (lit., will choose and take his share).
Law Code
Law Code of Hammurabi
Law Group
Livestock, Fields, Land
Inscription

Cuneiform

Law § 60 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 11, col. XVI, lns. 10–26)

Transliteration

šum-ma a-wi-lum A.ŠÀ a-na kirîm (gišKIRI6) za-qá-pí-im a-na nukaribbim(NU.gišKIRI6) id-di-in nukaribbum(NU.gišKIRI6) kiriam (gišKIRI6) iz-qú-up 4 šanātim(MU.4.KAM) kiriam(KIRI6) ú-ra-ab-ba i-na ḫa-mu-uš-tim ša-at-tim be-el kirîm(gišKIRI6) ù nukaribbum(NU.gišKIRI6) mi-it-ḫa-ri-iš i-zu-zu be-el kirîm(gišKIRI6) ḪA.LA-šu i-na-sà-aq-ma i-le-qé

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 178)

Normalization

šumma awīlum eqlam ana kirîm zaqāpim ana nukaribbim iddin, nukaribbum kiriam izqup 4 šanātim kiriam urabba, ina ḫamuštim šattim bēl kirîm u nukaribbum mitḫāriš izuzzū bēl kirîm zīttašu inassaq-ma ileqqe.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 37)

Translation

If a man gave a field to a gardener to plant an orchard, (and) the gardener planted the orchard, he will tend the orchard for four years; in the fifth year the owner of the orchard and the gardener will share equally; the owner of the field will have first choice of his share (lit., will choose and take his share).

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 37)

Inscription

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Side(s) Sides 1 – 2 (overflow)
Column(s) Col. 16
Line(s) Lns. 10–26
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Steps
  • 1 If
  • 2
  • 3 a man
  • 4 gave
  • 5 a field
  • 6 to a gardener
  • 7 to plant
  • 8 an orchard,
  • 9 (and)
  • 10 the gardener
  • 11 planted
  • 12 the orchard,
  • 13
  • 14 [and]
  • 15
  • 16 he
  • 17 will tend
  • 18 the orchard
  • 19 for four years;
  • 20
  • 21 [then]
  • 22
  • 23 in the fifth year
  • 24 the owner
  • 25 of the orchard
  • 26 and
  • 27 the gardener
  • 28 will share equally;
  • 29
  • 30 [and]
  • 31
  • 32 the owner
  • 33 of the field
  • 34 will have first choice of
  • 35 his
  • 36 share
  • 37 [or]
  • 38 [he]
  • 39 will choose and take
  • 40 his
  • 41 share.
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44

Citation

Dedović, B. "§ 60 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 28 Oct. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/60. [Accessed 2 Nov. 2024]

MLA 9

Dedović, B. (2023, October 28). § 60 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/60

APA 7

Dedović, Boban. "§ 60 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created October 28, 2023. Modified August 15, 2024. Accessed November 2, 2024. https://ehlaw.org/law/60.

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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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