§ 240

Law § 240 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If the boat of an upstream skipper struck and has sunk the boat of a downstream skipper, the owner of the boat whose boat is sunk will establish before god whatever was lost in his boat and the upstream skipper who sank the boat of the downstream skipper will repay him his boat and his lost property.
Law Code
Law Code of Hammurabi
Law Group
Compensation and Fees

Cuneiform

Law § 240 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 29, col. R XX, lns. 67–80)

Transliteration

šum-ma gi[šMÁ] ša ma-ḫi-ir-tim gišMÁ ša mu-uq-qé-el-pí-tim im-ḫa-aṣ-ma uṭ-ṭe4-eb-bi be-el gišMÁ ša gišMÁ-šu ṭe4-bi-a-at mi-im-ma ša i-na gišMÁ-šu ḫal-qú i-na ma-ḫar i-lim ú-ba-ar-ma ša ma-ḫi-ir-tim ša gišMÁ ša mu-uq-qé-el-pí-tim ú-ṭe4-eb-bu-ú gišMÁ-šu ù mi-im-ma-šu ḫal-qá-am i-ri-a-ab-šum

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 467)

Normalization

šumma [elep] ša māḫirtim elep ša muqqelpītim imḫaṣ-ma uṭṭebbi, bēl eleppim ša eleppašu ṭebiat mimma ša ina eleppīšu ḫalqu ina maḫar ilim ubār-ma ša māḫirtim ša elep ša muqqelpītim uṭebbû eleppašu u mimmâšu ḫalqam irīabšum.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 134)

Translation

If the boat of an upstream skipper struck and has sunk the boat of a downstream skipper, the owner of the boat whose boat is sunk will establish before god whatever was lost in his boat and the upstream skipper who sank the boat of the downstream skipper will repay him his boat and his lost property.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 134)

Citation

MLA 9

Dedović, B. "§ 240 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 6 Nov. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/240. [Accessed 14 Nov. 2026]

APA 7

Dedović, B. (2023, November 6). § 240 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/240

CMS 16

Dedović, Boban. "§ 240 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created November 6, 2023. Modified January 12, 2025. Accessed November 14, 2026. https://ehlaw.org/law/240.

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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