To Sin-iddinam say, thus saith Ḥammurabi: Naram-Sin, the shepherd, hath said thus, saith he, “The herdsmen in my hands have been put in the _corvée_.” Thus he said. The herdsmen which are the property of Apil-Shamash and Naram-Sin shall not be put in the _corvée_. Now summon Etil-bi-Marduk and the officials and order them to return the herdsmen of Apil-Shamash and Naram-Sin, whom they have taken. Here the _KABAR_, or herdsmen, are the employees of the shepherd, his “sheep-boys.” Their absence would be a danger to the flocks. The delinquent Etil-bi-Marduk was often in fault. Several other complaints against him appear in the letters, in his capacity of money-lender.(833) On two occasions he was sent for by the king, evidently with a view to punishment. Further, a _patêsi_ in his service appealed to be transferred to another master.(834) III. The Letters Of Samsu-Iluna And His Immediate Successors (M773) The discovered letters of Samsu-iluna are as yet comparatively few. They are not all addressed to one man. We may take one or two specimens. (M774) Like his father Ḥammurabi, Samsu-iluna cared for the health of the goddesses, providing them with an occasional change of scene. This time it is the goddess Anunitum, who makes a journey:(835) To Haiab ... say, thus saith Samsu-iluna: Concerning Anunitum’s going to Sippar-edina, I have sent an officer. Forthwith let Anunitum go to Sippar-edina. The name of the official to whom the letter is sent is broken and it could be completed in several different ways. Sippar-edina was one quarter of Sippara. (M775) The following letter is concerned with the supply of corn for the Shamash temple at Larsa. It is addressed to three officials:(836) To Sin-ilu, Bîtu-rabi, and Nîḳ-Sin say, thus saith Samsu-iluna: The corn for the treasure-house of the temple of Shamash of Larsa, the property of Igmil-Sin which ye deliver, verily ye shall deliver. Forthwith, from the corn that is in your hands, give corn for the supply of food for the treasure-house of the temple of Shamash; what is now standing due make up. The “treasure-house” may be only a “store-house” in general. Instead of “make up,” we may render “buy.” (M776) Samsu-iluna looked into the details of his government quite as closely as his father. We see him regulating fishing rights:(837) To Sin-iddinam, Kâr-Sippar, and the judges of Sippara, say, thus saith Samsu-iluna: They tell me that the ships of the fishermen go down to the districts of Rabî and Shamkâni and catch fish. I am sending an official of the palace-gate; when he shall reach thee [summon] the ships of the fishermen (who have been catching fish) in the districts of Rabî and Shamkâni, and let it not occur again that the ships of the fishermen go down to the districts of Rabî and Shamkâni.