Law 282: On insolent slaves

Here is Law 282 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 282 from Scheil, MDP 4 (1902), pl. 14–15 (column XLVI 97–102). View large image.


XLVI 97. π’‹³ π’ˆ  𒀴 π’€€ π’ˆΎ 𒁁 π’‰Œ π’‹—

98. π’Œ‘ π’ŒŒ 𒁁 π’‰Œ π’€œ π’‹«

99. π’…… π’‹« 𒁉

100. π’†  π’ˆ  𒀴 π’ͺ

101. π’Œ‘ π’…— π’€­ π’‹— π’ˆ 

102. 𒁁 π’‚– π’‹— π’Œ‘ π’ͺ π’Œ¦ π’‹— π’„Ώ π’ˆΎ 𒀝 π’†  π’„‘

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