Law 154: On incest
Here is Law 154 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 2 laws page.
Photo of Law 154 from Scheil, MDP 4 (1902), pl. 10–11 (column XXVII 67–71). View large image.
XXVII 67. π³ π π πΏ π
68. π π© πͺ
69. π π« π π
70. π πΏ π΄ π π πΎ
71. π· π πΊ π πͺ π π
Vocabulary
- Δlum, "city" (written with the logogram π· IRI here)
- lamΔdum, "to learn, to have sex with" (a/a)
- mΔrtum, "daughter"
- ušeαΉ£αΉ£i, "he shall make someone go out" (from the verb waαΉ£ûm, "to go out", Š-stem)
Content last modified on 10 Jan 2017.