§ 75

Law § 75 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If a man received grain or silver from a merchant and does not have grain or silver to return, (but) does have property (or, has only property), whatever there is in his possession he will give to his merchant, before witnesses when(ever) he brings (it); the merchant will not object; he will accept (it).
Law Code
Law Code of Hammurabi
Law Group
Livestock, Fields, Land

Cuneiform

Unavailable

Transliteration

šum-ma a-wi-lum ŠE-am ù KUG.BABBAR-am it-ti DAM.G[ÀR i]l-qé-e-ma ŠE-am ù KUG.BABBAR-am a-na tu-ur-ri-im la i-šu«-ú» bi-ša-am-ma i-šu mi-im-ma ša i-na qá-ti-šu i-ba-aš-šu-ú ma-ḫar ši-bi ki-ma ub-ba-lu a-na DAM.GÀR-šu i-na-ad-di-in DAM.GÀR ú-ul ú-pa-as i-ma-ḫa-ar

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 330)

Normalization

šumma awīlum âm u kaspam itti tamk[ārim i]lqē-ma âm u kaspam ana turrim lā īšu bīšam-ma īšu, mimma ša ina qātīšu ibaššû maḫar šībī kīma ubbalu ana tamkārīšu inaddin; tamkārum ul uppas; imaḫḫar.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 82)

Translation

If a man received grain or silver from a merchant and does not have grain or silver to return, (but) does have property (or, has only property), whatever there is in his possession he will give to his merchant, before witnesses when(ever) he brings (it); the merchant will not object; he will accept (it).

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 82)

Citation

MLA 9

Dedović, B. "§ 75 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 29 Oct. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/75. [Accessed 14 Nov. 2026]

APA 7

Dedović, B. (2023, October 29). § 75 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/75

CMS 16

Dedović, Boban. "§ 75 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created October 29, 2023. Modified August 12, 2024. Accessed November 14, 2026. https://ehlaw.org/law/75.

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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