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• Preface.
• Introduction.
• Transliteration and Translation
• Prologue.
• Transliteration.
• Translation.
• The Code of Ḫammurabi.
• Transliteration.
• Translation.
• Epilogue - Transliteration.
• Epilogue - Translation.
• Proper Names and Glossary

TRANSLITERATION.

COLUMN I.

1 (N)i-nu ilum ^bṣi-ru-um | šar ^iluA-nun-na-ki | ^iluEN.LIL | be-el ša-me-e 5 u ir-ṣi-tim | ša-i-im | ši-ma-at mâtim | a-na ^iluMarduk | mâr+ri-eš-ti-im 10 ša ^iluEN.KI | ^ilubêlu-ut | kiššat ni-ši(g) | i-ši-mu-šum | in I-gi-gi 15 u-šar-be-u-šu | KA.DINGIR.RA.KI | šum-šu ṣi-ra-am ^bib-bi-u | in ki-ib-ra-tim | u-ša-te-ru-šu 20 i-na li-ib-^bbi-šu | šar-ru-tam dârî-tam | ša ki-ma ša-me-e | u ir-ṣi-tim | iš-da-ša 25 šu-ur-šu-da | u-ki-in-^bnu-šum | i-nu-mi-šu | Ḫa-am-mu-ra-bi | ru-ba-am 30 na-’-dam | pa-li-iḫ ili ^bia-ti | mi-ša-ra-am | i-na ma-tim | a-na šu-bi-i-im 35 ra-ga-am u ṣi-nam | a-na ḫu-ul-lu-^bḳi-im | dan-nu-um | en-ša-am | a-na la ḫa-ba-^bli-im 40 ki-ma ^iluŠamaš | a-na SAG.GIG | wa-ṣi-e-im-ma | ma-tim | nu-wu-ri-im 45 ilum | u ^iluEN-LIL | a-na ši-ir ni-ši | tu-ub-bi-im | šu-mi ib-bu-u 50 Ḫa-am-mu-ra-bi | ri-i-a-um | ni-bi-it | ^iluEN.LIL ^ba-na-ku | mu-gam-me-ir 55 nu-uḫ-ši-im | u tu-uḫ-di-im | mu-ša-ak-li-il | mi-im-ma šum-šu | ana EN.LIL.KI ^bDur-ilu-KI 60 za-ni-nu-um | na-’-du-um | ša Ê.KUR | šarrum li-i-a-um | mu-te-ir ^aluNUN.KI 65 a-na aš-ri-šu | mu-ub-bi-ib

COLUMN II.

1 šuluḫ Ê.ZU.AB | ti-i-ib | ki-ib-ra-at | ir-bi-tim 5 mu-šar-be zi-ik-ru | KA.DINGIR.RA.KI | mu-ti-ib | li-ib-bi ^iluMarduk | be-li-šu 10 ša ûmi-šu | iz-za-zu | a-na Esagila | zêr šar-ru-tim | ša ^iluEN.ZU 15 ib-ni-u-šu | mu-na-aḫ-ḫi-iš | ^aluŠIŠ.AB.KI | wa-aš-ru-um | mu-uš-te-mi-ḳum 20 ba-bil ḫegallim | a-na Ê.NER.NU.GAL | šar ta-ši-im-tim | še-mu ^iluŠamaš ^bdannim | mu-ki-in 25 išid UD.KIB.NUN.KI | mu-ša-al-bi-iš | wa-ar-ki-im | gi-gu-ne-e ^{b ilu}A.A | mu-ṣi-ir 30 bît Ebabbarra | ša ki šu-ba-at ^bša-ma-i | ḳarradum ga-mi-il | UD.UNU.KI | mu-ud-di-iš Ebabbarra 35 a-na ^iluŠamaš | ri-ṣi-šu | be-lum mu-ba-li-iṭ | UNU.KI | ša-ki-in me-e 40 nu-uḫ-ši-im | a-na ni-ši-šu | mu-ul-li | ri-eš Eanna | mu-gam-me-ir 45 ḫi-iz-bi-im | a-na ^iluAnu | u ^iluNanâ | ṣalûl ma-tim | mu-pa-aḫ-ḫi-ir 50 ni-ši ^bsa-ap-ḫa-tim | ša NI.SI.IN.KI | mu-da-aḫ-ḫi-id | nu-uḫ-ši-im | bît Ê.GAL.MAḪ 55 ušumgallum šar+alim | ta-li-im | ^iluZA.MA(L).MA(L) | mu-šar-ši-id | šu-ba-at ^{alu b}NER.KI 60 mu-uš-ta-aš-ḫi-ir | me-li-im-mi | Ê.ME.TE.UR.SAG | mu-uš-te-iṣ-bi | pa-ar-zi ^bra-bu-u-tim 65 ša ^iluNanâ | pa-ki-id bi-tim | ḪAR.SAG. kalâma | bît kisal na-ki-ri | ša nit-ra-ru-šu 70 u-ša-ak-^bši-du

COLUMN III.

1 ni-is-ma-zu | mu-ša-te-ir | ^aluTIG.GAB.A.KI | mu-ra-ab-bi-iš 5 mi-im-ma šum-šu | a-na ŠID.LAM. | ri-mu-um | ka-at-ru-um | mu-na-ak-ki-ip ^bza-i-ri 10 na-ra-am TU.TU | mu-ri-iš | ^aluBar-zi-ba.KI | na-’-du-um | la mu-up-pa-^bar-ku-u-um 15 a-na Ê.ZI.DA | i-lu šar+alim | mu-di igi-gal-im | mu-ša-ad-di-il | me-ri-eš-tim 20 ša DIL.BAT.KI | mu-ga-ar-ri-in ^bkarê | a-na ^iluUraš(?) | ga-aš-ri-im | be-lum zi-ma-at 25 ḫa-aṭ-ṭi-im | u a-gi-im | ša u-ša-ak-^bli-lu-šu | e-ri-iš-tum | ^iluMA.MA 30 mu-ki-in | u-zu-ra-tim | ša KIŠ.KI | mu-di-eš-ši | ma-ka-li ^bel-lu-tim 35 a-na ^iluNIN.TU | mu-uš-ta-lum | gi-it-ma-lum | ša-i-im | mi-ri-tim 40 u ma-aš-ki-tim | a-na ŠIR.PUR.LA.KI | u GIR.SU.KI | mu-ki-il | ni-in-da-bi-e 45 ra-bu-tim | a-na Ê.L | mu-tam-me-iḫ a-a-bi | mi-gi-ir | te-li-tim 50 mu-ša-ak-li-il | te-ri-tim | ša ṢA.RI.UNU.KI | mu-ḫa-ad-di | li-ib-bi GIŠ.DAR 55 ru-bu-um el-lum | ša ni-iš ga-ti-šu | ^iluAdad i-du-u | mu-ne-iḫ | li-ib-bi ^iluAdad 60 ku-ra-di-im | i-na ^aluIM.KI | mu-uš-ta-ak-^bki-in | zi-ma-tim | i-na E.UD.GAL.GAL 65 šarrum na-di-in | na-bi-iš-tim | a-na UD.NUN.KI | a-še-ir | bît E.MAḪ 70 e-te-el šar+alim | ga-ba-al | la ma-ḫa-ri-im

COLUMN IV.

1 šu i-ḳi-šu | na-ab-ša-tam | a-na ^{alu b}MAŠ.KAN.PA.AL.KI | mu-še-eš-ki 5 nu-uḫ-ši-im | a-na ŠID.LAM | im-ḳum | mu-tab-bi-lum | šu ik-šu-du 10 na-ga-ab ur-ši-im | mu-uš-pa-az-zi-ir | ni-ši MAL.AL.^bKA.A.KI | in ka-ra-ši-im | mu-šar-ši-du 15 šu-ba-ti-ši-in | in nu-uḫ-ši-in(=im) | a-na ^iluEN.KI | u ^iluDAM.GAL.NUN.NA | mu-šar-bu-u 20 šar-ru-ti-šu | dârî-iš i-ši-mu | zi-bi el-lu-tim | a-ša-ri-id ^bšar+alim | mu-ka-an-ni-iš 25 da-ad-mi | ^nâruUD.KIB.NUN.NA | ṣal-tum ^iluDa-gan | ba-ni-šu | šu ig-mi-lu 30 ni-ši ME.RA.KI | u TU.TU.UL.KI | ru-bu-um | na-’-du-um | mu-na-wi-ir 35 pa-ni ^iluNanâ | ša-ki-in ma-ka-li ^bel-lu-tim | a-na ^iluNIN.A.ZU | ša-ti-ib ni-ši-šu | in pu-uš-ki-im 40 mu-ki-in-nu | iš-ki-ši-im | kir-bu-um | KA.DINGIR.RA.KI | šu-ul-ma-ni-iš 45 rê’i ni-ši(g) | ša ip-še-tu-šu | e-li GIŠ.DAR ṭa-ba | mu-ki-in-ni GIŠ.DAR | i-na Ê.UL.MAŠ 50 kir-bu-um | A.GA.NE.KI | ri-bi-tim | mu-še-bi ki-na-tim | mu-šu-še-ir ^bam-mi 55 mu-te-ir | lamassi-šu | da-mi-iḳ-tim | a-na ^aluA.USAR.KI | mu-še-ib-bi ^bna-bi-ḫi 60 šarrum ša i-na ^bNi-nu-a.KI | i-na E.MIŠ.MIŠ | u-šu-bi-u | me-e ^iluNanâ | na-’-du-um 65 mu-uš-te-mi-ḳum | a-na ilâni rabûti | li-ib-li-ib-bi | ša Su-mu-la-ilu mâr+dannim 70 ša ^iluSin-^bmu-ba-li-iṭ

COLUMN V.

1 zêr+dârû-um | ša šar-ru-tim | šarrum dannum | ^iluŠamaš 5 KA.DINGIR.RA.KI | mu-še-zi nu-ri-im | a-na ma-at | Šu-me-er-im | u Ak-ka-di-im 10 šarrum mu-uš-te-^beš-mi | ki-ib-ra-at | ar-ba-im | mi-gi-ir ^iluNanâ ^ba-na-ku | i-nu-ma 15 ^iluMarduk | a-na šu-te-šu-ur ^bni-ši | mâtim u-si-im | šu-ḫu-zi-im | u-we-e-ra-an-ni 20 ki-it-tam | u mi-ša-ra-am i-na pî ma-tim | aš-ku-un | ši-ir ni-ši ^bu-ṭi-ib 25 i-nu-mi-šu