§ 28

Law § 28 of Hammurabi's Code

Summary
the real property of a military service person will be given to said person's son if the military service person is a captured prisoner of war.
Translation
If the son of either a rēdûm or a bāʾerum who was taken captive in royal military service is able to perform the ilkum-service, the field or orchard will be given to him to perform his father’s ilkum-service.
Law Code
Law Code of Hammurabi
Law Group
Agricultural Obligations

Cuneiform

Law § 28 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 7, col. X, lns. 30–40)

Transliteration

šum-ma lu AGA.ÚS ù lu-ú ŠU.ḪA ša i-na dan-na-at šar-ri-im tu-ú[r]-ru DUMU-šu il-kam a-la-kam i-le-i A.ŠÀ ù gišKIRI6 in-na-ad-di-iš-šum-ma i-li-i[k a]-bi-šu i-il-[la-a]k

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 329)

Normalization

šumma lū rēdûm ū lū bāʾerum ša ina dannat šarrim tu[r]ru māršu ilkam alākam ileʾi eqlum u kirûm innaddiššum-ma ili[k a]bīšu il[la]k.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 81)

Translation

If the son of either a rēdûm or a bāʾerum who was taken captive in royal military service is able to perform the ilkum-service, the field or orchard will be given to him to perform his father’s ilkum-service.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 82)

Citation

MLA 9

Dedović, B. "§ 28 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 25 Oct. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/28. [Accessed 14 Nov. 2026]

APA 7

Dedović, B. (2023, October 25). § 28 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/28

CMS 16

Dedović, Boban. "§ 28 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created October 25, 2023. Modified December 16, 2024. Accessed November 14, 2026. https://ehlaw.org/law/28.

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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