§ 62

Law § 62 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation

If he did not plant a field that was given to him as an orchard, if (it was) a cultivated field, the gardener will measure out to the owner of the field produce of the field for the years that it was left fallow according to his neighbors; further, he will work and return the field to the field’s owner.

Law Code

Law Code of Hammurabi

Law Group

Livestock, Fields, Land

Inscription

Cuneiform

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 11–12, col. XVI, lns. 34–47)

Transliteration

šum-ma A.ŠÀ ša in-na-ad-nu-šum a-na KIRI₆ la iz-qú-up šum-ma abšinnum(AB.SÍN) GUN A.ŠÀ ša ša-na-tim ša in-na-du-ú nukaribbum(NU.^gišKIRI₆) a-na be-el A.ŠÀ ki-ma i-te-šu i-ma-ad-da-ad ù A.ŠÀ ši-ip-ra-am i-ip-pé-eš-ma a-na be-el A.ŠÀ ú-ta-a-ar

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 383)

Normalization

šumma eqlam ša innadnūšum ana kirîm lā izqup, šumma abšinnum, bilat eqlim ša šanātim ša innadû nukaribbum ana bēl eqlim kīma itêšu imaddad; u eqlam šipram ippeš-ma ana bēl eqlim utār.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 101)

Translation

If he did not plant a field that was given to him as an orchard, if (it was) a cultivated field, the gardener will measure out to the owner of the field produce of the field for the years that it was left fallow according to his neighbors; further, he will work and return the field to the field’s owner.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 101)

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Side(s) Side 2

Column(s) Col. 16

Line(s) Lns. 34–47

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1 If
2
3 he
4 did not
5 plant
6 a field
7 that was given to
8 him
9 as an orchard,
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11 [and]
12 if
13
14 it
15 was
16 a cultivated field,
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18
19 [then]
20
21 the gardener
22 will measure out to
23 the owner of
24 the field
25 produce of
26 the field
27 for the years that
28 it
29 was left fallow according to
30 his
31 neighbors;
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33 further;
34
35 he
36 will work
37 and
38 [he]
39 will return
40 the field
41 to the field's owner.
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Citation

Dedović, B. "§ 62 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 28 Oct. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/62. [Accessed 3 Nov. 2024]

MLA 9

Dedović, B. (2023, October 28). § 62 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/62

APA 7

Dedović, Boban. "§ 62 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created October 28, 2023. Modified September 11, 2024. Accessed November 3, 2024. https://ehlaw.org/law/62.

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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]

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