§ 107

Law § 107 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If a merchant has entrusted silver to an agent and the agent has repaid him all that he gave him, but the merchant disagrees with him about what the agent had given him, yet that salesman can prove in the presence of god with witnesses that the merchant is wrong52, the merchant shall give the agent six times the value of whatever he had taken because he has disagreed with the agent.
Law Code
Law Code of Hammurabi
Law Group
Merchants

Cuneiform

Law § 107 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 13, col. R I–R II, lns. 68–72; 1–14)

Transliteration

šum-ma tamkarum šamallâm i-ḳi-ip-ma šamallûm mi-im-ma ša tamkarum id-di-nu-šum a-na tamkari-šu ut-te-ir tamkarum mi-im-ma ša šamallûm id-di-nu-šum it-ta-ki-ir-šu šamallûm šu-u i-na ma-ḫar i-lim u ši-bi tamkaram u-ka-an-ma tamkarum aš-šum šamallî-šu ik-ki-ru mi-im-ma ša il-ḳu-u a-du VI-šu a-na šamallîm i-na-ad-di-in

Source: Abulhab (2017, p. 54)

Normalization

šumma tamkārum kaspam šamallâm iqīpma* šamallûm mimma ša tamkārum iddinušum ana tamkārišu uttēr, tamkārum mimmā ša šamallûm iddinušum ittakiršu šamallûm šû ina maḫar ilim u šībī tamkāram ukânma, tamkārum, aššum šamallâšu ikkiru, mimma ša ilqû adi 6-šu ana šamallîm inaddin.

Source: Richardson (2004, p. 74)

Translation

If a merchant has entrusted silver to an agent and the agent has repaid him all that he gave him, but the merchant disagrees with him about what the agent had given him, yet that salesman can prove in the presence of god with witnesses that the merchant is wrong52, the merchant shall give the agent six times the value of whatever he had taken because he has disagreed with the agent.

Source: Richardson (2004, p. 75)

Citation

MLA 9

Dedović, B. "§ 107 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 29 Oct. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/107. [Accessed 14 Nov. 2026]

APA 7

Dedović, B. (2023, October 29). § 107 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/107

CMS 16

Dedović, Boban. "§ 107 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created October 29, 2023. Modified January 2, 2025. Accessed November 14, 2026. https://ehlaw.org/law/107.

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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