Law 198: On blinding (II)

Here is Law 198 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 198 from Scheil, MDP 4 (1902), pl. 12–13 (column XL 54–59). View large image.

XL 54. 𒋳 𒈠 𒄿 𒅔 𒈦 𒂗 𒆕

55. 𒌔 𒋰 𒁉 𒀉

56. 𒅇 𒇻 𒄊 𒉻 𒁺 𒈦 𒂗 𒆕

57. 𒅖 𒋼 𒁉 𒅕

58. 𒁹 𒈠 𒈾 𒆬 𒌓

59. 𒄿 𒊭 𒃲

On line XL 56 of the stele, the sign 𒃻 GAR is written instead of 𒉻 PAD.

Vocabulary

• huppudum, "to blind" (D-stem only)
• kaspum, "silver" (written here with the logogram 𒆬 𒌓 KUG.BABBAR)
• īnum, "eye"
• manûm, "mina", a weight unit (c.500 g) (written with the logogram 𒈠 𒈾 MA.NA)
• muškēnum, "palace-dependent" (written here with the logogram 𒈦 𒂗 𒆕 MAŠ.EN.GAG)
• šaqālum, "to weigh out, to pay out" (a/u)

Content last modified on 10 Jan 2017.