§ [240]. If a ship that is going forward has struck a ship at anchor and has sunk her, the owner of the ship that has been sunk whatever he has lost in his ship shall recount before God, and that of the ship going forward which sunk the ship at anchor shall render to him his ship and whatever of his was lost.
§ [241]. If a man has taken an ox on distraint, he shall pay one-third of a mina of silver.
§ [242]. If a man has hired a working ox for one year, he shall pay four gur of corn as its hire.
§ [243]. If a milch cow, he shall give three gur of corn to its owner.
§ [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.
§ [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.
§ [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.
§ 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.
§ [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.
§ [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.