Law 148: On secondary marriage
Here is Law 148 of king Hammurabi's collection, in photograph and cuneiform font. Try to transliterate, normalise and translate it with the help of the vocabulary below. Then compare the results with the Level 4 solutions page.
Photo of Law 148 from Scheil, MDP 4 (1902), pl. 10–11 (column XXXI 65–81). View large image.
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Vocabulary
- balαΉum, "living, alive"
- epΔšum, "to do, to build" (e/u)
- ezΔbum, "to leave, to divorce" (i/i)
- laΚΎbum, (a serious disease, also liΚΎbum)
- našûm, "to lift, to support" (i/i)
- pΔnam šakΔnum, "to decide" (lit. "to put the face")
- αΉ£abΔtum, "to seize, to afflict" (a/a)
- wašΔbum, "to sit, to dwell"
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