P ¶ 5

Prologue ¶ 5 of Hammurabi's Code

Summary
Hammurabi continues listing his accomplishments and personal intimacy with Marduk.
Translation
I am the powerful king, who restored the site of Eridu, who purified worship in Eabzu, who marched in every corner of the world, who made the name of Babylon famous, who made the heart of Marduk his lord happy, who atttended Esagila at the proper time.
Section
Inscription

Cuneiform

Prologue ¶  - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 1, col. I – II, lns. 63–66, 1–12)

Transliteration

šarrum li-i-a-um mu-te-ir aluNUN.KI a-na aš-ri-šu mu-ub-bi-ib šuluḫ Ê.ZU.AB ti-i-ib ki-ib-ra-at ir-bi-tim mu-šar-be zi-ik-ru KA.DINGIR.RA.KI mu-ti-ib li-ib-bi iluMarduk be-li-šu ša ûmi-šu iz-za-zu a-na Esagila

Source: Harper (1904, p. 2, 4)

Normalization

šarrum lē'ûm, mutēr Eridu aba ašrišu, mubbib šuluḫ Eabzu, tīb kibrāt erbettim, mušarbi zikru Bābilim, mutīb libbi Marduk bēlišu, ša ūmīšu* izzazzu ana Esagil

Source: Richardson (2004, p. 30)

Translation

I am the powerful king, who restored the site of Eridu, who purified worship in Eabzu, who marched in every corner of the world, who made the name of Babylon famous, who made the heart of Marduk his lord happy, who atttended Esagila at the proper time.

Source: Richardson (2004, p. 31)

Inscription

Location of Prologue ¶ 5 · Powered by Stele3DSM

Orientation Front
Side(s) Sides 3 – 1 (overflow)
Column(s) Cols. 1–2
Line(s) Lns. 63–12
Key
Prologue ¶ 5
Prologue
Laws
Epilogue
Damage

Citation

Dedović, B. "P ¶ 5 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 6 Aug. 2024, ehlaw.org/prologue/5. [Accessed 16 Sep. 2024]

MLA 9

Dedović, B. (2024, August 6). P ¶ 5 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/prologue/5

APA 7

Dedović, Boban. "P ¶ 5 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created August 6, 2024. Modified August 25, 2024. Accessed September 16, 2024. https://ehlaw.org/prologue/5.

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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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