§ 156

Law § 156 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If a man has chosen a bride for his son and his son has not known her, (and) he himself has had intercourse with her, he will weigh out for her half a mina of silver; and also whatever she brought from her father’s estate he will restore to her and the husband she wishes may marry her.
Law Code
Law Code of Hammurabi
Law Group
Family Abuse and Marriage

Cuneiform

Law § 156 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 19, col. R X, lns. 2–17)

Transliteration

šum-ma a-wi-lum a-na DUMU-šu É.GI4.A i-ḫi-ir-ma DUMU-šu la il-ma-sí-ma šu-ú i-na sú-ni-ša it-ta-ti-il 1/2 MA.NA KUG.BABBAR i-ša-qal-ši-im-ma ù mi-im-ma ša iš-tu É a-bi-ša ub-lam ú-ša-lam-ši-im-ma mu-tu li-ib-bi-ša i-iḫ-ḫa-as-sí

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 400–401)

Normalization

šumma awīlum ana mārīšu kallatam iḫīr-ma māršu lā ilmassī-ma šū ina sūnīša ittatīl, mišil manā kaspam išaqqalšim-ma u mimma ša ištu bīt abīša ublam ušallamšim-ma mutu libbīša iḫḫassi.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 106)

Translation

If a man has chosen a bride for his son and his son has not known her, (and) he himself has had intercourse with her, he will weigh out for her half a mina of silver; and also whatever she brought from her father’s estate he will restore to her and the husband she wishes may marry her.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 106)

Citation

Dedović, B. "§ 156 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 3 Nov. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/156. [Accessed 5 May. 2024]

MLA 9

Dedović, B. (2023, November 3). § 156 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/156

APA 7

Dedović, Boban. "§ 156 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created November 3, 2023. Modified March 29, 2024. Accessed May 5, 2024. https://ehlaw.org/law/156.

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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]

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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

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