261. If a man has hired a herdsman to pasture oxen and sheep, he shall give him 8 gur of wheat yearly.
262. If a man an ox or sheep for....
263. ... If he has lost [an ox] or a sheep which has been given to [him], he shall restore to [their] owner, ox for [ox], sheep for [sheep].
264. If a [herdsman], to whom oxen or sheep have been given to pasture, has received his wages, everything (?) as agreed (?), and is satisfied,[251] has reduced the oxen, (or) reduced the sheep, (or) lessened (their) young, he shall give (back) young and increase according to his contracts.
265. If a herdsman, to whom oxen and sheep have been given to pasture, has acted wrongly, and changed the natural increase,[252] and has given (it) for silver, they shall summon him, and ten times what he has stolen, oxen and sheep, he shall make good to their owner.
266. If in the fold an act of God has taken place, or a lion has killed, the herdsman shall declare his innocence before God, and the owner of the fold shall meet the destruction of the fold.
267. If the herdsman has been in fault, and has caused damage in the fold, the herdsman shall make up the loss caused by[253] the damage which he has brought about in the fold, (both) oxen and sheep, and shall give (them) to their owner.
268. If a man has hired an ox for treading out (the corn), 20 qa of wheat is his hire.
269. If he has hired an ass for treading out (the corn), 10 qa of wheat is his hire.
270. If he has hired a young animal for treading out (the corn), 1 qa of wheat is his hire.