§ 253

Law § 253 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If a man hired a man to oversee his field and entrusted him with a store of barley (or) provided him with cattle (or) contracted with him to cultivate the field, if that man stole seed or fodder and it has been caught in his possession, his hand will be cut off.

Cuneiform

Law § 253 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 30, col. R XX1, lns. 69–82)

Transliteration

šum-ma a-wi-lum a-wi-lam a-na pa-ni A.ŠÀ-šu ú-zu-uz-zi-im i-gur-ma aldâm(AL.DÙ.A-am) [i]-qí-ip-šu [ÁB].GUD.ḪI.A ip-qí-súm [a-na] A.ŠÀ e-re-ši-im ú-ra-ak-ki-sú [šu]m-ma a-wi-lum šu-ú ŠE.NUMUN ù lu ukullâm(ŠÀ.GAL) iš-ri-iq-ma i-na qá-ti-šu it-ta-aṣ-ba-at ritta (KIŠIB.LÂ)-šu i-na-ak-ki-su

Source: Huehnergard (2011, p. 454)

Normalization

šumma awīlum awīlam ana pānī eqlīšu uzuzzim īgur-ma aldâm [i]qīpšu [l]iātim ipqissum [ana] eqlim erēšim urakkissu, [šu]mma awīlum šū zēram ū lū ukullâm išriq-ma ina qātīšu ittaṣbat, rittašu inakkisū.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 129)

Translation

If a man hired a man to oversee his field and entrusted him with a store of barley (or) provided him with cattle (or) contracted with him to cultivate the field, if that man stole seed or fodder and it has been caught in his possession, his hand will be cut off.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 129)

Citation

Dedović, B. "§ 253 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 6 Nov. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/253. [Accessed 5 May. 2024]

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Dedović, B. (2023, November 6). § 253 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/253

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Dedović, Boban. "§ 253 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created November 6, 2023. Modified April 17, 2024. Accessed May 5, 2024. https://ehlaw.org/law/253.

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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

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