§ 100

Law § 100 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If a merchant has sent an agent on a journey to give or to receive silver, but on the journey the agent... if where he went he should have made a profit, he shall work out the interest for the amount of silver he took and count the number of days, and shall recompense the merchant.
Law Code
Law Code of Hammurabi
Law Group
Merchants

Cuneiform

Law § 100 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 12, col. RI, lns. 1–7)

Transliteration

|………………………| ṣi-ba-a-at kaspim ma-la il-ḳu-u i-sa-ad-dar-ma ûmi-šu i-ma-an-nu-u-ma tamkari-šu i-ip-pa-al {šumma tamkārum ana šamallém kaspam ana |nadānim u maḫārim| iddinma ana ḫarrānim iṭrussu šamallûm ina ḫarrānim |…| šumma ašar illiku |nēmelam| itamar, ṣibāt kaspim mala ilqû isaddarma ūmīšu imannūma tamkāršu ippal}

Source: Abulhab (2017, p. 52)

Normalization

šumma tamkārum ana šamallêm kaspam ana [nadānim u maḫārim] iddinma ana ḫarrānim iṭrussu, šamallûm ina ḫarrānim [...] šumma ašar illiku [nēmelam] ītamar210 ṣibāt kaspim mala ilqû isaddarma ūmīšu imannūma tamkāršu ippal.

Source: Richardson (2004, p. 72)

Translation

If a merchant has sent an agent on a journey to give or to receive silver, but on the journey the agent... if where he went he should have made a profit, he shall work out the interest for the amount of silver he took and count the number of days, and shall recompense the merchant.

Source: Richardson (2004, p. 73)

Citation

MLA 9

Dedović, B. "§ 100 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 29 Oct. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/100. [Accessed 14 Nov. 2026]

APA 7

Dedović, B. (2023, October 29). § 100 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/100

CMS 16

Dedović, Boban. "§ 100 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created October 29, 2023. Modified December 19, 2024. Accessed November 14, 2026. https://ehlaw.org/law/100.

Bibliography

ACH

Abulhab, Saad D. The Law Code of Hammurabi: Transliterated and Literally Translated from its Early Classical Arabic Language. New York, NY: Blautopf, 2017.

CHTP

Bergmann, Eugen. Codex Ḫammurabi: Textus Primigenius. Rome, Italy: Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, 1953.

HAG3

Huehnergard, John. A Grammar of Akkadian (Third Edition). Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2011.

HKEY3

Huehnergard, John. Key to a Grammar of Akkadian (Third Edition). Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2013.

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OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "OMNIKA: Digital Mythology Library & Search Engine." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation, accessed November 14, 2023. https://omnika.org. [Visit]

RHL

Richardson, Mervyn E.J. Hammurabi's Laws: Text, Translation and Glossary. New York, NY: T & T Clark International, 2004.

SoT

Sound of Text Contributors. "Sound of Text: AI Text-to-Speech." Accessed November 14, 2023. https://soundoftext.app. [Visit]

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