§ 58

Law § 58 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If, after a flock has come up from a meadow, the “termination pennants”? have been hung from the city gate, (yet) the shepherd let the flock go to a field (i.e., put the flock out to pasture), and allowed the flock to use the field, the shepherd will look after the field he allowed to be used and will measure out sixty kor of grain per būrum to the owner of the field at harvest time.
Law Code
Law Code of Hammurabi
Law Group
Livestock, Fields, Land

Cuneiform

Law § 58 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 11, col. XV–XVI, lns. 65–78; 1–3)

Transliteration

šum-ma iš-tu U8.UDU.ḪI.A i-na A.GÀR i-te-li-a-nim ka-an-nu ga-ma-ar-tim i-na ABUL it-ta-aʾ-la-lu SIPA U8.UDU.ḪI.A a-na A.ŠÀ id-di-ma A.ŠÀ U8.UDU.ḪI.A uš-ta-ki-il SIPA A.ŠÀ ú-ša-ki-lu i-na- ṣa-ar-ma i-na ebūrim(BURU14) ana būrim (BÙRiku.E) 60 ŠE.GUR a-na be-el A.ŠÀ i-ma-ad-da-ad

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 383)

Normalization

šumma ištu šēnū ina ugārim īteliānim kannū gamartim ina abullim ittaḫlalū rēʾûm ṣēnī ana eqlim iddī-ma eqlam ṣēnī uštākil, rēʾûm eqel ušākilu inaṣṣar-ma ina ebūrim ana būrim šūši kur âm ana bēl eqlim imaddad.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 100)

Translation

If, after a flock has come up from a meadow, the “termination pennants”? have been hung from the city gate, (yet) the shepherd let the flock go to a field (i.e., put the flock out to pasture), and allowed the flock to use the field, the shepherd will look after the field he allowed to be used and will measure out sixty kor of grain per būrum to the owner of the field at harvest time.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 100–101)

Citation

MLA 9

Dedović, B. "§ 58 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 28 Oct. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/58. [Accessed 14 Nov. 2026]

APA 7

Dedović, B. (2023, October 28). § 58 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/58

CMS 16

Dedović, Boban. "§ 58 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created October 28, 2023. Modified January 2, 2025. Accessed November 14, 2026. https://ehlaw.org/law/58.

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.

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Sound of Text Contributors. "Sound of Text: AI Text-to-Speech." Accessed November 14, 2023. https://soundoftext.app. [Visit]

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