§ 265

Law § 265 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If a shepherd who was given cattle or flocks to tend made false claims and changed the brand (or, falsely changed the brand), and also sold (them), he will be convicted and will repay to their owner up to ten times what he stole in cattle and flocks.

Cuneiform

Law § 265 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 31, col. R XXII, lns. 61–75)

Transliteration

šum-ma SIPAD ša ÁB.GUD.ḪI.A ù lu U8.UDU.ḪI.A a-na re-em in-na-ad-nu-šum ú-sa-ar-ri-ir-ma ši-im-tam ut-ta-ak-ki-ir ù a-na KUG.BABBAR it-ta-di-in ú-ka-an-nu-šu-ma A.RÁ 10-šu ša iš-ri-qú ÁB.GUD.ḪI.A ù U8.UDU.ḪI.A a-na be-lí-šu-nu i-ri-a-ab

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 96)

Normalization

šumma rēʾûm ša liātum ū lū ṣēnum ana reʾêm/rêm innadnūšum usarrir-ma šimtam uttakkir u ana kaspim ittadin, ukannūšū-ma adi ešrīšu ša išriqu liātim ū ṣēnam ana bēlīšunu iriāb.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 96)

Translation

If a shepherd who was given cattle or flocks to tend made false claims and changed the brand (or, falsely changed the brand), and also sold (them), he will be convicted and will repay to their owner up to ten times what he stole in cattle and flocks.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 96)

Citation

Dedović, B. "§ 265 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 7 Nov. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/265. [Accessed 5 May. 2024]

MLA 9

Dedović, B. (2023, November 7). § 265 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/265

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Dedović, Boban. "§ 265 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created November 7, 2023. Modified April 18, 2024. Accessed May 5, 2024. https://ehlaw.org/law/265.

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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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