§ 255. If he has let out the man’s oxen for hire, or stolen the seed-corn, or has not produced a crop, that man shall be prosecuted, and he shall pay sixty _GUR_ of corn for each _GAN_. § 256. If he is not able to pay his compensation, he shall be torn in pieces on that field by the oxen. (M196) § 257. If a man has hired a field-laborer, he shall pay him eight _GUR_ of corn yearly. § 258. If anyone has hired an ox-herd he shall pay him six _GUR_ of corn yearly. (M197) § 259. If a man has stolen a watering-machine from the meadow, he shall pay five shekels of silver to the owner of the watering-machine. § 260. If a man has stolen a _shadduf_, or a plough, he shall pay three shekels of silver. (M198) § 261. If a man has hired a herdsman, to pasture oxen, or sheep, he shall pay him _eight GUR_ of corn yearly. (M199) § 262. If a man has intrusted ox or ass to ... [Passage mutilated.] § 263. If he has lost the ox, or ass, given to him, he shall restore ox for ox, and ass for ass to its owner. § 264. If a herdsman, who has had oxen or sheep given to him to pasture, has received his wages for the business, and been satisfied, then diminish the herd or lessen the offspring, he shall give increase and produce according to the nature of his agreements. § 265. If a herdsman, to whom oxen or sheep have been given, has defaulted, has altered the price, or sold them, he shall be prosecuted, and shall restore oxen, or sheep, tenfold, to their owner. § 266. If lightning has struck a fold, or a lion has made a slaughter, the herdsman shall purge himself by oath, and the owner of the fold shall bear the loss of the fold. § 267. If the herdsman has been careless, and a loss has occurred in the fold, the herdsman shall make good the loss in the fold; he shall repay the oxen, or sheep, to their owner. (M200) § 268. If a man has hired an ox, for threshing, its hire is twenty _ḲA_ of corn. § 269. If he has hired an ass, for threshing, its hire is ten _ḲA_ of corn. § 270. If he has hired a young animal, for threshing, its hire is one _ḲA_ of corn. (M201) § 271. If a man has hired oxen, a wagon, and its driver, he shall pay one hundred and sixty _ḲA_ of corn daily. § 272. If a man has hired the wagon alone, he shall pay forty _ḲA_ of corn daily. (M202) § 273. If a man has hired a laborer from the beginning of the year to the fifth month, he shall pay six _ŠE_ of silver daily; from the sixth month to the close of the year, he shall pay five _ŠE_ of silver daily. (M203) § 274. If a man has hired an artisan, he shall pay as his daily wages, to a ... five _ŠE_ of silver, to a potter five _ŠE_ of silver, to a tailor five _ŠE_ of silver, to a stone-cutter ... _ŠE_ of silver, to a ... _ŠE_ of silver, to a ... _ŠE_ of silver, to a carpenter four _ŠE_ of silver, to a rope-maker four _ŠE_ of silver, to a ... _ŠE_ of silver, to a builder ... _ŠE_ of silver. (M204) § 275. If a man has hired a boat, its hire is three _ŠE_ of silver daily.