Law 132: On accusations of adultery
Here is Law 132 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 3 laws page.
Photo of Law 132 from Scheil, MDP 4 (1902), pl. 8–9 (column XXVIII 77–XXIX 1). View large image.
XXVIII 77. π³ π πΈ π π
78. π πΏ π
79. πΈ π³ π£ π π π π π π
80. π π π‘ π
81. π π· π
82. π π« π π π
83. π πΎ π£ π π π
XXIX 1. π π π
2. πΏ πΎ π π π
3. π· π π« π π π
4. π πΎ π¬ πΎ π
5. π ππ
6. πΏ π π π·
Vocabulary
- aššatum, "wife"
- aššum, "because (of)"
- itti, "with"
- mΕ«tum, "husband"
- nΔrum, "river" (written logographically here as the divine River, π ππ dID2)
- αΉ£abΔtum, "to seize, catch" (a/a)
- šalûm, "to immerse oneself in" (i/i)
- tarΔαΉ£um, "to stretch out, to point" (a/u)
- ubΔnum, "finger"
- utΕ«lum, "to lie down, to sleep" (irregular)
- zikarum, "male, man"
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