§ 116

Law § 116 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If a pledge has died in her/his distrainer’s house through beating or through mistreatment, the owner of the pledge will convict his merchant, and if it was an awīlum’s offspring, they will execute his offspring, if it was an awīlum’s slave, he will weigh out one third mina of silver; and he will also forfeit whatever he had given.
Law Code
Law Code of Hammurabi
Law Group
Other Peoples' Property

Cuneiform

Law § 116 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 14, col. R III, lns. 38–53)

Transliteration

šum-ma ni-pu-tum i-na É ne-pí-ša i-na ma-ḫa-ṣí-im ù lu i-na uš-šu-ši-im im-tu-ut be-el ni-pu-tim DAM.GÀR-šu ú-ka-an-ma šum-ma DUMU a-wi-lim DUMU-šu i-du-uk-ku šum-ma ÌR a-wi-lim 1/3 MA.NA KUG.BABBAR i-ša-qal ù i-na mi-im-ma šum-šu ma-la id-di-nu i-te-el-li

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 399–400)

Normalization

šumma nipûtum ina bīt nēpīša ina maḫāṣim ū lū ina uššušim imtūt, bēl nipûtim tamkāršu ukām-ma šumma mār awīlim māršu idukkū, šumma warad awīlim šalušti manā kaspam išaqqal; u ina mimma šumšu mala iddinu ītelli.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 105)

Translation

If a pledge has died in her/his distrainer’s house through beating or through mistreatment, the owner of the pledge will convict his merchant, and if it was an awīlum’s offspring, they will execute his offspring, if it was an awīlum’s slave, he will weigh out one third mina of silver; and he will also forfeit whatever he had given.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 105)

Citation

MLA 9

Dedović, B. "§ 116 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 1 Nov. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/116. [Accessed 14 Nov. 2026]

APA 7

Dedović, B. (2023, November 1). § 116 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/116

CMS 16

Dedović, Boban. "§ 116 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created November 1, 2023. Modified December 24, 2024. Accessed November 14, 2026. https://ehlaw.org/law/116.

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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