§ 59

Law § 59 of Hammurabi's Code

Summary
the penalty for cutting down a tree in another person's property without permission is half a mina of silver.
Translation
If a man cut down a tree in a man’s orchard without the permission of the owner of the orchard, he will pay out one-half mina of silver.
Law Code
Law Code of Hammurabi
Law Group
Livestock, Fields, Land

Cuneiform

Law § 59 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 11, col. XVI, lns. 4–9)

Transliteration

šum-ma a-wi-lum ba-lum be-el gišKIRI6 i-na gišKIRI6 a-wi-lim i-ṣa-am ik-ki-is MAŠ MA.NA KUG.BABBAR i-ša-qal

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 55)

Normalization

šumma awīlum balum bēl kirîm ina kiri awīlim iṣam ikkis mišil manā kaspam išaqqal.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 55)

Translation

If a man cut down a tree in a man’s orchard without the permission of the owner of the orchard, he will pay out one-half mina of silver.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 55)

Citation

MLA 9

Dedović, B. "§ 59 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 28 Oct. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/59. [Accessed 14 Nov. 2026]

APA 7

Dedović, B. (2023, October 28). § 59 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/59

CMS 16

Dedović, Boban. "§ 59 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created October 28, 2023. Modified December 17, 2024. Accessed November 14, 2026. https://ehlaw.org/law/59.

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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