opened an abscess of the
eye for a gentleman with the bronze lancet and has cured the eye of the
gentleman, he shall take ten shekels of silver.

section 216. If he (the patient) be the son of a poor man, he shall take
five shekels of silver.

section 217. If he be a gentleman's servant, the master of the servant
shall give two shekels of silver to the doctor.

section 218. If the doctor has treated a gentleman for a severe wound
with a lancet of bronze and has caused the gentleman to die, or has
opened an abscess of the eye for a gentleman with the bronze lancet and
has caused the loss of the gentleman's eye, one shall cut off his hands.

section 219. If a doctor has treated the severe wound of a slave of a
poor man with a bronze lancet and has caused his death, he shall render
slave for slave.

section 220. If he has opened his abscess with a bronze lancet and has
made him lose his eye, he shall pay money, half his price.

section 221. If a doctor has cured the shattered limb of a gentleman, or
has cured the diseased bowel, the patient shall give five shekels of
silver to the doctor.

section 222. If it is the son of a poor man, he shall give three shekels
of silver.

section 223. If a gentleman's servant, the master of the slave shall
give two shekels of silver to the doctor.

section 224. If a cow doctor or a sheep doctor has treated a cow or a
sheep for a severe wound and cured it, the owner of the cow or sheep
shall give one-sixth of a shekel of silver to the doctor as his fee.

section 225. If he has treated a cow or a sheep for a severe wound and
has caused it to die, he shall give a quarter of its price to the owner
of the ox or sheep.

section 226. If a brander without consent of the owner of the slave has
branded a slave with an indelible mark, one shall cut off the hands of
that brander.

section 227. If a man has deceived the brander, and has caused him to
brand an indelible mark on the slave, that man one shall kill him and
bury him in his house, the brander shall swear, 'Not knowing I branded
him,' and shall go free.

section 228. If a builder has built a house for a man and has completed
it, he shall give him as his fee two shekels of silver _per SAR_ of
house.

section 229. If a builder has built a house for a man and has not made
strong his work, and the house he built has fallen, and he has caused the
death of the owner of the house, that builder shall be put to death.