§ 202

Law § 202 of Hammurabi's Code

Summary
the punishment for striking a man of higher rank is sixty public ox-whip lashings.
Translation
If a man has struck the cheek of a man who is of higher rank than he, he will be struck with an ox whip sixty times in the assembly.
Law Code
Law Code of Hammurabi
Law Group
Assault

Cuneiform

Law § 202 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 26, col. R XVII, lns. 75–81)

Transliteration

šum-ma a-wi-lum le-e-et a-wi-lim ša e-li-šu ra-bu-ú im-ta-ḫa-aṣ i-na pu-úḫ-ri-im i-na qinnāz(kušUSAN3) GUD 1 šu-ši im-maḫ-ḫa-aṣ

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 369)

Normalization

šumma awīlum lēt awīlim ša elīšu rabû imtaḫaṣ, ina puḫrim ina qinnāz alpim (ištēn) šūši immaḫḫaṣ.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 95)

Translation

If a man has struck the cheek of a man who is of higher rank than he, he will be struck with an ox whip sixty times in the assembly.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 95)

Citation

MLA 9

Dedović, B. "§ 202 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 5 Nov. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/202. [Accessed 14 Nov. 2026]

APA 7

Dedović, B. (2023, November 5). § 202 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/202

CMS 16

Dedović, Boban. "§ 202 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created November 5, 2023. Modified January 5, 2025. Accessed November 14, 2026. https://ehlaw.org/law/202.

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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