§ 113. If a man has corn or money upon a man, and without consent of the owner of the corn has taken corn from the heap or from the store, one shall call that man to account for taking of the corn without consent of the owner of the corn from the heap or from the store, and he shall return the corn as muchas he has taken. Further, he shall lose all that he gave whatever it be. [Dt 2418),
§ 114. If a man has not corn or money upon a man but levies a distraint, for every single dis- traint he shall pay one-third of a mina.
§ 115. If a man has corn or money upon a man and has levied a distraint, and the distress in the house of his distrainer dies a natural death, no case lies.
§ 116. If the distress has died in the house of his distrainer, of blows or of want, the owner of his distress shall put his merchant to account, and if he be the son of a freeman (that has died), one shall kill his son; if the slave of a freeman, he shall pay one-third of a mina of silver. Further, he shall lose all that he gave whatever it be. [Mt 1828?-},
§ 117. If a debt has seized a man and he has given his wife, his son, or his daughter for the money, or has handed them over to work off the debt ; for three years they shall work in the house of their buyer or exploiter, in the fourth year he shall set them at liberty. [Gn 31‘ 47%, Ex 2177, Liv 25%. DG) Waste 8 eS 22ah ake Neh so Ts 16122198 504) Jer 345) Amy 258 Mitr 5291828 alk 2pais
§ 118. If he has handed over a manservant or a maidservant to work off a debt and the merchant shall go further and sell them for money, no one can object.
§ 119. If a debt has seized a man and he has handed over for the money a maidservant who has borne him children, the money the merchant paid him the owner of the maid shall repay, and he shall ransom his maid.
§ 120. If a man has heaped up his corn in a heap in the house of a man, and in the granary a disas- ter has taken place, or the owner of the house has opened the granary and taken the corn, or has dis-
uted as to the total amount of the corn that was
eaped up in his house, the owner of the corn shall
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estimate his corn before God, the owner of the house shall double the corn which he took and shall give to the owner of the corn. [Ex 22°11),
§ 121. If a man has heaped up corn in the house of a man, he shall give as the price of storage five KA of corn per GUR of corn per year.
§ 122. If a man shall give silver, gold, or any- thing whatever to a man on deposit, all whatever he shall give he shall show to witnesses and fix bonds and shall give on deposit. [Ex 227%].
§ 123. If without witness and bonds he has given on deposit, and where he has deposited they keep disputing him, no case lies.
§¢ 124. If a man has given silver, gold, or any- thing whatever to a man on deposit before wit- nesses and he has disputed with him, one shall call that man to account, and whatever he has disputed he shall make up and shall give double.
§ 125. If a man has given anything of his on deposit, and where he gave it, either by house- breaking or by rebellion, something of his has been lost, along with something of the owner of the house who has defaulted, all that was given him on deposit and he has lost he shall make good and render to the owner of the goods. The owner of the house shall seek out whatever of his is lost and take it from the thief. [Ex 227].
§ 126. If a man has lost nothing of his, but has said that something of his is lost, has estimated his loss; since nothing of his is lost, his loss he shall estimate before God, and whatever he has claimed he shall double and shall give as his loss.
§ 127. If a man has caused the finger to be pointed against a votary or a man’s wife and has not justified himself, that man they shall throw down before the judge and brand his forehead.
§ 128. If a man has married a wife and has not laid down her bonds, that woman is no wife.
g 129. If the wife of a man has been caught in lying with another male, one shall bind (strangle ?) them and throw them into the waters. If the owner of the wife would save his wife, the king may also save his servant. [Gn 38%4, Lv 20%, Dt Zonet
i: If a man has forced the wife of a man who has not known the male and is dwelling in the house of her father, and has lain in her bosom and one has caught him, that man shall be put to death ; the woman herself shall go free. [Ex 2236, IO PET