§ 27

Law § 27 of Hammurabi's Code

Summary
certain individuals who lost real property while being taken as prisoners of war during military service will be given back their real property upon return.
Translation
If, after the departure of either a rēdûm or a bāʾerum who was taken captive in royal military service, his field or orchard was given to another and he has performed his ilkum-service, if he has come back and reached his town, his field or orchard will be returned to him and he himself will perform his ilkum-service.
Law Code
Law Code of Hammurabi
Law Group
Agricultural Obligations

Cuneiform

Law § 27 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 7, col. X, lns. 13–29)

Transliteration

šum-ma lu AGA.ÚS ù lu ŠU.ḪA ša i-na dan-na-at šar-ri-im tu-úr-⸢ru⸣ wa-ar-[k]i-šu A.ŠÀ-šu ù gišKIRI6-šu a-na ša-ni-im id-di-nu-ma i-li-ik-šu it-ta-la-ak šum-ma i[t]-tu-ra-am-ma URU-šu ik-ta-áš-dam A.ŠÀ-šu ù gišKIRI6-šu ú-ta-ar-ru-šum-ma šu-ma i-li-ik-šu i-il-la-ak

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 329)

Normalization

šumma lū rēdûm ū lū bāʾerum ša ina dannat šarrim turru war[k]īšu eqelšu u kirīšu ana šanîm iddinū-ma ilikšu ittalak šumma i[t]tūram-ma āl(ā)šu iktašdam eqelšu u kirīšu utarrūšum-ma šū-ma ilikšu illak.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 81)

Translation

If, after the departure of either a rēdûm or a bāʾerum who was taken captive in royal military service, his field or orchard was given to another and he has performed his ilkum-service, if he has come back and reached his town, his field or orchard will be returned to him and he himself will perform his ilkum-service.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 82)

Citation

MLA 9

Dedović, B. "§ 27 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 25 Oct. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/27. [Accessed 14 Nov. 2026]

APA 7

Dedović, B. (2023, October 25). § 27 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/27

CMS 16

Dedović, Boban. "§ 27 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created October 25, 2023. Modified December 16, 2024. Accessed November 14, 2026. https://ehlaw.org/law/27.

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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