271. If a man has hired oxen, a cart, and its driver, he shall give 180 qa of wheat daily.
272. If a man has hired the cart by itself, he shall give 40 qa of wheat daily.
273. If a man has hired a workman, from the beginning of the year to the fifth month he shall give six grains[254] of silver daily; from the sixth month to the end of the year, he shall give five grains of silver daily.
274. If a man hire an artizan, (as) wages of a ... five [grains] of silver; (as) wages of a brickmaker (?)[255] five grains of silver; (as) wages of a linen-weaver[256] five grains of silver; (as) wages of a stone-worker(?)[257] ... grains of silver; (as) wages of a milkman (?) ... [grains] of silver; (as) [wages] of a ... ... [grains] of silver; (as) [wages] of a carpenter four grains of silver; (as) wages of a ... four grains of silver; (as) [wages] of a house-superintendent (?) ... grains of silver; (as) [wages] of a builder (?), ... grains of silver. [dai]ly [he shall g]ive.
275. [If] a man has hired a small boat (?), three grains of silver is its hire daily.
276. If he has hired a down-stream (vessel), he shall give two grains and a half of silver (as) its hire daily.
277. If a man has hired a vessel of 60 gur, he shall give one-sixth (of a shekel) of silver daily (as) its hire.
278. If a man has bought a male or female slave, and before he has fulfilled his month an infirmity has fallen upon him, he shall return him to his seller, and the buyer shall receive back the silver he has paid.
279. If a man has bought a male or female slave, and he is liable to be reclaimed,[258] his seller shall respond to the claim.[259]
280. If a man, in a foreign country, has bought a male (or) female slave of a man, (and) when they have arrived in the midst of the land, a (former) owner of the male or female slave recognize his male or female slave, if their male and female slave are children of the land, he shall set them free without payment.[260]