P ¶ 2

Prologue ¶ 2 of Hammurabi's Code

Summary
Babylon's role in the world is the most important; and this supremacy cannot be matched..
Translation
They exalted him among the Igigi, and gave Babylon its illustrious name, and made it pre-eminent throughout the earth; with its foundations as secure as heaven and earth, they established for him an everlasting reign within it.
Section
Inscription

Cuneiform

Prologue ¶  - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 1, col. I , lns. 14–26)

Transliteration

in I-gi-gi u-šar-be-u-šu KA.DINGIR.RA.KI šum-šu ṣi-ra-am bib-bi-u in ki-ib-ra-tim u-ša-te-ru-šu i-na li-ib-bbi-šu šar-ru-tam dârî-tam ša ki-ma ša-me-e u ir-ṣi-tim iš-da-ša šu-ur-šu-da u-ki-in-bnu-šum

Source: Harper (1904, p. 2)

Normalization

in Igigī ušarbiūšu, Bābilam šumšu ṣīram ibbiū, in kibrātim ušāterūšu, ina libbišu šarrūtam dārītam ša kima šamê u erṣetim išdāša šuršudā ukinnūšum

Source: Richardson (2004, p. 28)

Translation

They exalted him among the Igigi, and gave Babylon its illustrious name, and made it pre-eminent throughout the earth; with its foundations as secure as heaven and earth, they established for him an everlasting reign within it.

Source: Richardson (2004, p. 29)

Inscription

Location of Prologue ¶ 2 · Powered by Stele3DSM

Orientation Front
Side(s) Sides 1 – 2 (overflow)
Column(s) Col. 1
Line(s) Lns. 14–26
Key
Prologue ¶ 2
Prologue
Laws
Epilogue
Damage

Citation

Dedović, B. "P ¶ 2 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 5 Aug. 2024, ehlaw.org/prologue/2. [Accessed 16 Sep. 2024]

MLA 9

Dedović, B. (2024, August 5). P ¶ 2 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/prologue/2

APA 7

Dedović, Boban. "P ¶ 2 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created August 5, 2024. Modified August 27, 2024. Accessed September 16, 2024. https://ehlaw.org/prologue/2.

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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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