§ 64

Law § 64 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If a man gave his orchard to a gardener for pollination, the gardener, as long as he holds the orchard, will give two thirds of the yield of the orchard to the owner of the orchard, (while) he himself will receive one third.
Inscription

Cuneiform

Law § 64 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 12, col. XVI, lns. 58–70)

Transliteration

šum-ma a-wi-lum gišKIRI6-šu a-na nukaribbim(NU.gišKIRI6) a-na ru-ku-bi-im id-di-in nukaribbum(NU.gišKIRI6) a-di gišKIRI6 ṣa-ab-tu i-na bi-la-at KIRI6 ši-it-ti-in a-na be-el KIRI6 i-na-ad-di-in ša-lu-uš-tam šu-ú i-le-qé

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 399)

Normalization

šumma awīlum kirīšu ana nukaribbim ana rukkubim iddin nukaribbum adi kiriam ṣabtu ina bilat kirîm šittīn ana bēl kirîm inaddin; šaluštam šū ileqqe.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 105)

Translation

If a man gave his orchard to a gardener for pollination, the gardener, as long as he holds the orchard, will give two thirds of the yield of the orchard to the owner of the orchard, (while) he himself will receive one third.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 105)

Inscription

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Orientation Front
Side(s) Side 3
Column(s) Col. 16
Line(s) Lns. 58–70
Key
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  • 1 If
  • 2
  • 3 a man
  • 4 gave
  • 5 his
  • 6 orchard
  • 7 to a gardener
  • 8 for pollination,
  • 9
  • 10 [then]
  • 11
  • 12 the gardener,
  • 13
  • 14 as long as
  • 15 he
  • 16 holds
  • 17 the orchard,
  • 18
  • 19 will give two thirds of
  • 20 the yield of
  • 21 the orchard
  • 22 to the owner of
  • 23 the orchard,
  • 24
  • 25 while
  • 26
  • 27 he himself
  • 28 will receive one third.
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31

Citation

Dedović, B. "§ 64 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 28 Oct. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/64. [Accessed 28 Sep. 2024]

MLA 9

Dedović, B. (2023, October 28). § 64 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/64

APA 7

Dedović, Boban. "§ 64 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created October 28, 2023. Modified August 15, 2024. Accessed September 28, 2024. https://ehlaw.org/law/64.

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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]

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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The term Cuneiform commonly means "an ancient writing system used by various cultures around Mesopotamia."

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