§ 106

Law § 106 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If a trading agent took silver from a merchant, but has disputed (it) with his merchant, said merchant will, before god and witnesses, convict the trading agent of taking the silver, and then the trading agent will give the merchant up to three times however much silver he took.
Law Code
Law Code of Hammurabi
Law Group
Merchants

Cuneiform

Law § 106 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 12–13, col. R I, lns. 55–67)

Transliteration

šum-ma šamallûm (ŠAMAN2.LÁ) KUG.BABBAR it-ti DAM.GÀR il-qé-ma DAM.GÀR-šu it-ta-ki-ir DAM.GÀR šu-ú i-na ma-ḫar i-lim ù ši-bi i-na KUG.BABBAR le-qé-em šamallâm (ŠAMAN2.LÁ) ú-ka-an-ma šamallûm (ŠAMAN2.LÁ) KUG.BABBAR ma-la il-qú-ú adi(A.RÁ) 3-šu a-na DAM.GÀR i-na-ad-di-in

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 216)

Normalization

šumma šamallûm kaspam itti tamkārim ilqē-ma tamkāršu ittakir, tamkārum šū ina maḫar ilim u šībī ina kaspim leqêm šamallâm ukām-ma šamallûm kaspam mala ilqû adi 3-šu ana tamkārim inaddin.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 47)

Translation

If a trading agent took silver from a merchant, but has disputed (it) with his merchant, said merchant will, before god and witnesses, convict the trading agent of taking the silver, and then the trading agent will give the merchant up to three times however much silver he took.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 47)

Citation

MLA 9

Dedović, B. "§ 106 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 29 Oct. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/106. [Accessed 14 Nov. 2026]

APA 7

Dedović, B. (2023, October 29). § 106 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/106

CMS 16

Dedović, Boban. "§ 106 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created October 29, 2023. Modified December 22, 2024. Accessed November 14, 2026. https://ehlaw.org/law/106.

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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