§ 181

Law § 181 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If the father has offered to the god a temple-woman, a holy-woman or a nun but has not given her a dowry, after the father has passed to his destiny she shall have one-third of an heir's share from the wealth of her father's house and she shall enjoy it as long as she lives. Her affairs belong to her brothers.
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Cuneiform

Law § 181 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 24, col. R XV, lns. 60–75)

Transliteration

šum-ma a-bu-um šal?ḳadištam u lu NU.PAR a-na ilim iš-ši-ma še-ri-iḳ-tam la iš-ru-uḳ-ši-im wa-ar-ka a-bu-um a-na ši-im-tim it-ta-al-ku i-na ŠA.GA bît a-ba IGI.III.GAL ablûti-ša i-za-az-ma a-di ba-al-ṭa-at i-ik-ka-al wa-ar-ka-za ša aḫ-ḫi-ša-ma

Source: Abulhab (2017, p. 81)

Normalization

šumma abum nadītam qadištam u lu kulmašitam ana ilim iššīma šeriktam la išrukšim warka abum ana šīmtim ittalku, ina makkūr bīt abim šalušti aplūtiša izâzma adi balṭat ikkal. warkassa ša aḫḫīšama.

Source: Richardson (2004, p. 100)

Translation

If the father has offered to the god a temple-woman, a holy-woman or a nun but has not given her a dowry, after the father has passed to his destiny she shall have one-third of an heir's share from the wealth of her father's house and she shall enjoy it as long as she lives. Her affairs belong to her brothers.

Source: Richardson (2004, p. 101)

Citation

MLA 9

Dedović, B. "§ 181 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 4 Nov. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/181. [Accessed 14 Nov. 2026]

APA 7

Dedović, B. (2023, November 4). § 181 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/181

CMS 16

Dedović, Boban. "§ 181 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created November 4, 2023. Modified January 5, 2025. Accessed November 14, 2026. https://ehlaw.org/law/181.

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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