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section 244. If a man has hired an ox or sheep and a lion has killed it
in the open field, that loss is for its owner forsooth.

section 245. If a man has hired an ox and through neglect or by blows
has caused it to die, ox for ox to the owner of the ox he shall render.

section 246. If a man has hired an ox and has crushed its foot or has
cut its nape, ox for ox to the owner of the ox he shall render.

section 247. If a man has hired an ox and has caused it to lose its eye,
he shall pay half its price to the owner of the ox.

section 248. If a man has hired an ox, and has crushed its horn, cut off
its tail, or pierced its nostrils, he shall pay a quarter of its price.

section 249. If a man has hired an ox, and God has struck it and it has
died, the man who has hired the ox shall swear before God and shall go
free.

section 250. If a wild bull in his charge has gored a man and caused him
to die, that case has no remedy.

section 251. If the ox has pushed a man, by pushing has made known his
vice, and he has not blunted his horn, has not shut up his ox, and that
ox has gored a man of gentle birth and caused him to die, he shall pay
half a mina of silver.

section 252. If a gentleman's servant, he shall pay one-third of a mina
of silver.

section 253. If a man has hired a man to reside in his field and has
furnished him seed, has entrusted him the oxen and harnessed them for
cultivating the field--if that man has stolen the corn or plants, and
they have been seized in his hands, one shall cut off his hands.

section 254. If he has taken the seed, worn out the oxen, from the seed
which he has hoed he shall restore.

section 255. If he has hired out the oxen of the man or has stolen the
corn and has not caused it to grow in the field, that man one shall put
him to account and he shall measure out sixty _GUR_ of corn _per GAN_ of
land.

section 256. If his compensation he is not able to pay, one shall remove
the oxen from that field.

section 257. If a man has hired a harvester, he shall give him eight
_GUR_ of corn per year.

section 258. If a man has hired an ox-driver, he shall give him six
_GUR_ of corn per year.

section 259. If a man has stolen a watering machine from the meadow, he
shall give five shekels of silver to the owner of the watering machine.

section 260. If he has stolen a watering bucket or a harrow, he shall
pay three shekels of silver.

section 261. If a man