§ 271

Law § 271 of Hammurabi's Code

Translation
If a man rented cattle, a wagon, and its driver, he will give three pānum/parsiktum (180 liters) of grain per day.
Law Code
Law Code of Hammurabi
Law Group
Labor, Equipment, Fees

Cuneiform

Law § 271 - Cuneiform - Law Code of Hammurabi

Source: Bergmann (1953, p. 31, col. R XXII–XXIII, lns. 99–101; 1–2)

Transliteration

šum-ma a-wi-lum ÁB.GUD.ḪI.A gišMAR.GÍD.DA ù mu-úr-te-di-ša i-gur i-na UD.1.KAM 3 (“PI”; or, NIEŠ) ŠE i-na-ad-di-in

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 113)

Normalization

šumma awīlum liātim ereqqam u murteddīša īgur, ina ištēn ūmim šalāšat pān (or, šalāš parsikat) âm inaddin.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 113)

Translation

If a man rented cattle, a wagon, and its driver, he will give three pānum/parsiktum (180 liters) of grain per day.

Source: Huehnergard (2013, p. 113)

Citation

Dedović, B. "§ 271 - eHammurabi." OMNIKA Foundation, 8 Nov. 2023, ehlaw.org/law/271. [Accessed 6 May. 2024]

MLA 9

Dedović, B. (2023, November 8). § 271 - eHammurabi. OMNIKA Foundation. https://ehlaw.org/law/271

APA 7

Dedović, Boban. "§ 271 - eHammurabi." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created November 8, 2023. Modified April 18, 2024. Accessed May 6, 2024. https://ehlaw.org/law/271.

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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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