§ 193

Law § 193 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If an attendant’s son or a sekretum’s son, having recognized his family and hated the father who raised him and the mother who raised him, has gone to his family, his eye will be pulled out.
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Cuneiform

Law § 193 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 26, col. R XVII, lns. 10–22)

Transliteration

šum-ma DUMU gerseqqêm(GÌR.SÌ.GA) ù lu DUMU sekretim(míZI.IK.RU.UM) É a-bi-šu ú-we-ed-di-ma a-ba-am mu-ra-bi-šu ù um-ma-am mu-ra-bi-sú i-zé-er-ma a-na É a-bi-šu it-ta-la-ak i-in-šu i-na-sà-ḫu

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 292)

Normalization

šumma mār gerseqqêm ū lū mār sekretim bīt abīšu uweddī-ma abam murabbīšu u ummam murabbīssu izēr-ma ana bīt abīšu ittalak, īššu inassaḫū.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 69–70)

Translation

If an attendant’s son or a sekretum’s son, having recognized his family and hated the father who raised him and the mother who raised him, has gone to his family, his eye will be pulled out.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 70)

Citation

MLA 9

Dedović, B. "§ 193 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 5 Nov. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/193. [Accessed 14 Nov. 2026]

APA 7

Dedović, B. (2023, November 5). § 193 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/193

CMS 16

Dedović, Boban. "§ 193 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created November 5, 2023. Modified January 5, 2025. Accessed November 14, 2026. https://ehlaw.org/law/193.

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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