§ 63

Law § 63 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If it had been an abandoned field he shall still do the work on the field before returning it to the owner of the field, but calculate 70 bushels for 16 acres40for each year.
Law Code
Law Code of Hammurabi
Law Group
Livestock, Fields, Land

Cuneiform

Law § 63 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 12, col. XVI, lns. 48–57)

Transliteration

šum-ma eḳlam KI.KAL eḳlam ši-ip-ra-am i-ib-bi-eš-ma eḳlu(=a-na) be-el eḳlim u-ta-a-ar u X GAN.E X ŠE.GUR ša ša-at-tim iš-ti-a-at i-ma-ad-da-ad

Source: Abulhab (2017, p. 47)

Normalization

šumma kankallum eqlam šipram ippešma, ana bēl eqlim utâr. u ana 1 burum 10 kur šeʾam ša šattim ištiat imaddad.

Source: Richardson (2004, p. 64)

Translation

If it had been an abandoned field he shall still do the work on the field before returning it to the owner of the field, but calculate 70 bushels for 16 acres40for each year.

Source: Richardson (2004, p. 65)

Citation

MLA 9

Dedović, B. "§ 63 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 28 Oct. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/63. [Accessed 14 Nov. 2026]

APA 7

Dedović, B. (2023, October 28). § 63 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/63

CMS 16

Dedović, Boban. "§ 63 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created October 28, 2023. Modified December 17, 2024. Accessed November 14, 2026. https://ehlaw.org/law/63.

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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