§ 103

Law § 103 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If while traveling his route an enemy made him give up what he had, the agent will swear by the life of the god and be released.
Law Group

Cuneiform

Law § 103 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 12, col. R I, lns. 24–31)

Transliteration

šum-ma ḫar-ra-nam i-na a-la-ki-šu na-ak-ru-um mi-im-ma ša na-šu-ú uš-ta-ad-di-šu šamallûm (ŠAMAN2.LÁ) ni-iš i-lim i-za-kar-ma ú-ta-aš-šar

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 427)

Normalization

šumma ḫarrānam ina alākīšu nakrum mimma ša našû uštaddīšu, šamallûm nīš ilim izakkar-ma ūtaššar.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 118)

Translation

If while traveling his route an enemy made him give up what he had, the agent will swear by the life of the god and be released.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 118)

Citation

Dedović, B. "§ 103 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 29 Oct. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/103. [Accessed 5 May. 2024]

MLA 9

Dedović, B. (2023, October 29). § 103 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/103

APA 7

Dedović, Boban. "§ 103 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created October 29, 2023. Modified March 27, 2024. Accessed May 5, 2024. https://ehlaw.org/law/103.

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Bibliography

Abulhab, Saad D. The Law Code of Hammurabi: Transliterated and Literally Translated from its Early Classical Arabic Language. New York, NY: Blautopf, 2017.

ACH

Bergmann, Eugen. Codex Ḫammurabi: Textus Primigenius. Rome, Italy: Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, 1953.

CHTP

Huehnergard, John. A Grammar of Akkadian (Third Edition). Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2011.

HAG3

Huehnergard, John. Key to a Grammar of Akkadian (Third Edition). Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2013.

HKEY3

OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "OMNIKA: Digital Mythology Library & Search Engine." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation, accessed November 14, 2023. https://omnika.org. [Visit]

Richardson, Mervyn E.J. Hammurabi's Laws: Text, Translation and Glossary. New York, NY: T & T Clark International, 2004.

RHL

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

SoT

eHammurabi Glossary

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