Law 168: On disinheritance
Here is Law 168 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 168 from Scheil, MDP 4 (1902), pl. 10–11 (column XXXV 9–24). View large image.
XXXV 9. π³ π π πΏ π
10. π πΎ π π
11. πΎ π π π
12. πΊ π π π« π π
13. π πΎ π π π π
14. π πΏ π πΎ π π΄ π π« π
15. π π π π‘
16. πΏ π π πͺ
17. πΏ π π π’ π
18. π³ π π π π π π
19. π πΏ πΎ π π» π΄
20. πΎ π π π
21. π· π π΄
22. π π π π π
23. πΏ πΎ π π» π΄
24. π π πΏ πΎ π π΄
Vocabulary
- aplΕ«tum, "sonhood, status of heir"
- dayyΔnum, "judge"
- kabtum, "heavy, serious"
- nasΔhum, "to tear out, to disinherit" (a/u)
- qabûm, "to speak, to say" (i/i)
- pΔnam šakΔnum, "to decide" (lit. "to put the face")
- parΔsum, "to cut (off), to decide" (a/u)
- wabΔlum, "to bring, to bear"
- warkatum, "rear, background facts"
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