P ¶ 16

Prologue ¶ 16 of Hammurabi's Code

Summary
Hammurabi justifies why he is a great ruler of Babylon.
Translation
He is the clever one who gets things done; who reaches the depths of wisdom, who protects the people of Malgium from catastrophe, who secures their habitations with plentiful supplies, who decrees that sacred offerings always be made to Ea and Damgalnunna, the ones who made his kingship magnificent,
Section
Inscription

Cuneiform

Prologue ¶  - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 3, col. IV, lns. 7–22)

Transliteration

im-ḳum mu-tab-bi-lum šu ik-šu-du na-ga-ab ur-ši-im mu-uš-pa-az-zi-ir ni-ši MAL.AL.bKA.A.KI in ka-ra-ši-im mu-šar-ši-du šu-ba-ti-ši-in in nu-uḫ-ši-in(-im) a-na iluEN.KI u iluDAM.GAL.NUN.NA mu-šar-bu-u šar-ru-ti-šu dārî-iš i-ši-mu zi-bi el-lu-tim

Source: Harper (1904, p. 6)

Normalization

emqum muttabbilum šû ikšudu nagab uršim mušpazzir nišī Malgīm in karašîm mušaršidu šubātišin * in nuḫšim ana Ea u Damgalnunna mušarbû šarrūtišu dāriš išīmu zībī ellūtim

Source: Richardson (2004, p. 36)

Translation

He is the clever one who gets things done; who reaches the depths of wisdom, who protects the people of Malgium from catastrophe, who secures their habitations with plentiful supplies, who decrees that sacred offerings always be made to Ea and Damgalnunna, the ones who made his kingship magnificent,

Source: Richardson (2004, p. 37)

Inscription

Location of Prologue ¶ 16 · Powered by Stele3DSM

Orientation Front
Side(s) Side 1
Column(s) Col. 4
Line(s) Lns. 7–22
Key
Prologue ¶ 16
Prologue
Laws
Epilogue
Damage

Citation

Dedović, B. "P ¶ 16 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 6 Aug. 2024, ehlaw.org/prologue/16. [Accessed 3 Nov. 2024]

MLA 9

Dedović, B. (2024, August 6). P ¶ 16 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/prologue/16

APA 7

Dedović, Boban. "P ¶ 16 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created August 6, 2024. Modified August 25, 2024. Accessed November 3, 2024. https://ehlaw.org/prologue/16.

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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]

SoT

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