§ 62

Law § 62 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If he did not plant a field that was given to him as an orchard, if (it was) a cultivated field, the gardener will measure out to the owner of the field produce of the field for the years that it was left fallow according to his neighbors; further, he will work and return the field to the field’s owner.
Law Code
Law Code of Hammurabi
Law Group
Livestock, Fields, Land

Cuneiform

Law § 62 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 11–12, col. XVI, lns. 34–47)

Transliteration

šum-ma A.ŠÀ ša in-na-ad-nu-šum a-na KIRI6 la iz-qú-up šum-ma abšinnum(AB.SÍN) GUN A.ŠÀ ša ša-na-tim ša in-na-du-ú nukaribbum(NU.gišKIRI6) a-na be-el A.ŠÀ ki-ma i-te-šu i-ma-ad-da-ad ù A.ŠÀ ši-ip-ra-am i-ip-pé-eš-ma a-na be-el A.ŠÀ ú-ta-a-ar

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 383)

Normalization

šumma eqlam ša innadnūšum ana kirîm lā izqup, šumma abšinnum, bilat eqlim ša šanātim ša innadû nukaribbum ana bēl eqlim kīma itêšu imaddad; u eqlam šipram ippeš-ma ana bēl eqlim utār.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 101)

Translation

If he did not plant a field that was given to him as an orchard, if (it was) a cultivated field, the gardener will measure out to the owner of the field produce of the field for the years that it was left fallow according to his neighbors; further, he will work and return the field to the field’s owner.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 101)

Citation

MLA 9

Dedović, B. "§ 62 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 28 Oct. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/62. [Accessed 14 Nov. 2026]

APA 7

Dedović, B. (2023, October 28). § 62 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/62

CMS 16

Dedović, Boban. "§ 62 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created October 28, 2023. Modified December 17, 2024. Accessed November 14, 2026. https://ehlaw.org/law/62.

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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