§ 267. If a shepherd has been careless and in a sheepfold caused a loss to take place, the shepherd shall make good the fault of the loss which he has caused to be in the fold and
shall pay cows or sheep and shall give to their owner.
§ [268]. If a man has hired an ox, for threshing, twenty ka of corn is its hire.
§ [269]. If he has hired an ass, for threshing, ten ka of corn is its hire.
§ [270]. If he has hired a calf (goat?), for threshing, one ka of corn is its hire.
§ [271]. If a man has hired oxen, a wagon, and its driver, he shall give one hundred and eighty ka of corn per diem.
§ [272]. If a man has hired a wagon by itself, he shall give forty ka of corn per diem.
§ [273]. If a man has hired a labourer, from the beginning of the year till the fifth month, he shall give six še of silver per diem; from the sixth month to the end of the year, he shall give five še of silver per diem.
§ [274]. If a man shall hire an artisan—
(a) the hire of a . . . five še of silver