Law 134: On wives of absent men
Here is Law 134 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 134 from Scheil, MDP 4 (1902), pl. 8–9 (column XXIX 27–36). View large image.
XXIX 27. π³ π π πΏ π
28. π π π· π π
29. πΏ πΎ π π
30. π π π π· π
31. π· πΏ π πΈ π
32. πΈ π πͺ
33. π πΎ π π π π
34. πΏ π π π
35. π© π πΏ
36. π π π π πΏ π
Vocabulary
- akΔlum, "to eat" (a/u)
- arnum, "guilt, sin, punishment"
- aššatum, "wife"
- bašûm, "to exist" (i/i)
- erΔbum, "to enter" (u/u)
- Δ«šu, "he/she has" (from the irregular verb išûm "to have")
- šalΔlum, "to carry off, plunder" (a/u)
- šanûm, "another (one)"
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