Law 196: On blinding (I)

Here is Law 196 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 196 from Scheil, MDP 4 (1902), pl. 12–13 (column XL 45–49). (The photo is from the central gutter of the book; the depression you see is where two pages meet and does not reflect the actual shape fo the stela.) View large image.

XL 45. 𒋳 𒈠 𒀀 𒉿 𒈝

46. 𒄿 𒅔 𒌉 𒀀 𒉿 𒅆

47. 𒌔 𒋰 𒁉 𒀉

48. 𒄿 𒅔 𒋗

49. 𒌑 𒄩 𒀊 𒉺 𒁺

Vocabulary

huppudum, "to blind" (D-stem only)
īnum, "eye"

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