§ 144

Law § 144 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If a man married a nadītum and that nadītum gave her husband a slave and has (thereby) produced children, (but) that man has decided to marry a junior wife, that man will not be permitted; he will not marry a junior wife.
Law Code
Law Code of Hammurabi
Law Group
Family and Divorce

Cuneiform

Law § 144 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 18, col. R VIII, lns. 13–27)

Transliteration

šum-ma a-wi-lum LUKUR i-ḫu-uz-ma LUKUR ši-i GEME2 a-na mu-ti-ša id-di-in-ma DUMU.MEŠ uš-tab-ši a-wi-lum šu-ú a-na míšu-gi4-tim a-ḫa-zi-im pa-ni-šu iš-ta-ka-an a-wi-lam šu-a-ti ú-ul i-ma-ag-ga-ru-šu míšu-gi4-tam ú-ul i-iḫ-ḫa-az

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 350)

Normalization

šumma awīlum nadītam īḫuz-ma nadītum šī amtam ana mutīša iddim-ma mārī uštabši awīlum šū ana šugītim aḫāzim pānīšu ištakan, awīlam šuāti ul imaggarūšu; šugītam ul iḫḫaz.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 88)

Translation

If a man married a nadītum and that nadītum gave her husband a slave and has (thereby) produced children, (but) that man has decided to marry a junior wife, that man will not be permitted; he will not marry a junior wife.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 88)

Citation

MLA 9

Dedović, B. "§ 144 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 2 Nov. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/144. [Accessed 14 Nov. 2026]

APA 7

Dedović, B. (2023, November 2). § 144 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/144

CMS 16

Dedović, Boban. "§ 144 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created November 2, 2023. Modified December 28, 2024. Accessed November 14, 2026. https://ehlaw.org/law/144.

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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