§ 113

Law § 113 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If a man was owed grain or silver by a man and has taken grain from a granary or from a threshing-floor without the consent of the owner of the grain, that man will be convicted of taking the grain from the granary or from the threshing-floor without the consent of the owner of the grain, and will return however much grain he took; moreover he will forfeit whatever amount he had given.
Law Code
Law Code of Hammurabi
Law Group
Other Peoples' Property

Cuneiform

Law § 113 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 13–14, col. R II–III, lns. 75–76; 1–16)

Transliteration

šum-ma a-wi-lum e-li a-wi-lim ŠE ù KUG.BABBAR i-šu-ma i-na ba-lum be-el ŠE i-na na-aš-pa-ki-im ù lu i-na ma-aš-ka-nim ŠE il-te-qé a-wi-lam šu-a-ti i-na ba-lum be-el ŠE i-na na-aš-pa-ki-im ù lu i-na KISLAḪ i-na ŠE le-qé-em ú-ka-an-nu-šu-ma ŠE ma-la il-qú-ú ú-ta-ar ù i-na mi-im-ma šum-šu ma-la id-di-nu i-te-el-li

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 350)

Normalization

šumma awīlum eli awīlim âm ū kaspam īšū-ma ina balum bēl êm ina našpakim ū lū ina maškanim âm ilteqe, awīlam šuāti ina balum bēl êm ina našpakim ū lū ina maškanim ina êm leqêm ukannūšū-ma âm mala ilqû utār; u ina mimma šumšu mala iddinu ītelli.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 88)

Translation

If a man was owed grain or silver by a man and has taken grain from a granary or from a threshing-floor without the consent of the owner of the grain, that man will be convicted of taking the grain from the granary or from the threshing-floor without the consent of the owner of the grain, and will return however much grain he took; moreover he will forfeit whatever amount he had given.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 88)

Citation

MLA 9

Dedović, B. "§ 113 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 1 Nov. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/113. [Accessed 14 Nov. 2026]

APA 7

Dedović, B. (2023, November 1). § 113 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/113

CMS 16

Dedović, Boban. "§ 113 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created November 1, 2023. Modified January 2, 2025. Accessed November 14, 2026. https://ehlaw.org/law/113.

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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