Hires of various boats
§ 275. If a man has hired a boat, its hire is three ŠE of silver daily.
§ 276. If he has hired a fast boat he shall pay two and a half ŠE daily.
§ 277. If a man has hired a ship of sixty GUR he shall pay one-sixth of a shekel of silver daily for its hire.
Compensation for defect discovered in a slave after sale
§ 278. If a man has bought a male or female slave and the slave has not fulfilled his month, but the bennu disease has fallen upon him, he shall return the slave to the seller and the buyer shall take back the money he paid.
§ 279. If a man has bought a male or female slave and a claim has been raised, the seller shall answer the claim.
Manumission of native slaves taken captive and bought back by travelling merchant
§ 280. If a man, in a foreign land, has bought a male, or female, slave of another, and if when he has come home the owner of the male or female slave has recognized his slave, and if the slave be a native of the land, he shall grant him his liberty without money.
Of foreign slaves