Law 121: On renting a granary
Here is Law 121 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 121 from Scheil, MDP 4 (1902), pl. 8–9 (column XXVII 24–30). View large image.
XXVII 24. π³ π π πΏ π
25. πΏ πΎ π π πΏ π
26. πΊ π π π
27. πΏ πΎ π πΎ π
28. π πΎ πΈ πΊπ₯ π π π‘ πΊ
29. π πΎ πΈ πΊ π π
30. πΏ πΎ π π² π
Vocabulary
- idum, "arm, wage, rental" (written with the logogram π A2 here)
- kurrum, a capacity measure of c.300 litres (written with the logogram πΊπ₯ π ŠE.GUR.E here)
- nadΔnum, "to give" (i/i)
- našpakum, "storage vessel, storeroom"
- qûm, a capacity measure of c.1 litre (written with the logogram π‘ SILA3 here)
- šapΔkum, "to heap up (a/u)"
- šattum, "year"
- šeΚΎum, "grain" (written with the logogram πΊ ŠE here)
Content last modified on 10 Jan 2017.