§ [62]. If the field which has been given him to plant he has not planted as a garden, if it was corn land, the gardener shall measure out corn to the owner of the field, like its neighbour, as produce of the field for the years that are neglected, and he shall do the ordered work on the field and return to the owner of the field.
§ [63]. If the field was unreclaimed land, he shall do the ordered work on the field and return it to the owner of the field and measure out ten gur of corn per gan for each year.
§ [64]. If a man has given his garden to a
gardener to farm, the gardener as long as he holds the garden shall give to the owner of the garden two-thirds from the produce of the garden, and he himself shall take one-third.
§ [65]. If the gardener does not farm the garden and has diminished the yield, he shall measure out the yield of the garden like its neighbour.
note.—Here five columns of the monument have been erased, only the commencing characters of column xvii. being visible. The subjects of this last part included the further enactments concerning the rights and duties of gardeners, the whole of the regulations concerning houses let to tenants, and the relationships of the merchant to his agents, which continue on the obverse of the monument. [See page 58.] Scheil estimates the lost portion at 35 sections, and following him we recommence with
§ [100]. . . . the interests of the money, as much as he took, he shall write down, and when he has numbered his days he shall answer his merchant.
§ [101]. If where he has gone he has not seen prosperity, he shall make up and return the money he took, and the agent shall give to the merchant.
§ [102]. If a merchant has given to the agent money as a favour, and where he has gone he has seen loss, the full amount of money he shall return to the merchant.
§ [103]. If while he goes on his journey the enemy has made him quit whatever he was carrying, the agent shall swear by the name of God and shall go free.