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47 Shepherds are ordered by the king to come to 

 Babylon that their accounts may be audited. 



(No. 23,122, same date.) 



The shepherd of the Temple of Shamash is ordered 

 to come with other officials to render their accounts. 

 They are to travel day and night and to reach Babylon 

 in 2 days. (No. 23,148, same date.) 



The inhabitants of Babim and Shakanim complained 

 to Samsu-iluna that the men of Sippar came down in 

 boats and fished in their waters ; the king ordered the 

 withdrawal of the boats, and said they were never to 

 go to Babim to fish again. (No. 27,269, b.c. 2145.) 



King Abeshu, B.C. 2110, orders Ishtar-Ishmeshu to 

 bring to Babylon the silver which is due from the 

 merchants of Sippar for the revenue. He orders that 

 the chief local merchants shall " pack the silver," and 

 bring it themselves to Ishtar-Ishmeshu ; if they will 

 not do this they shall be brought to the king in person. 



(No. 26,962.) 



Sini-Ishtar made an affidavit in the Temple of the 

 Sun-god that the houses which he and his brother bought 

 from Sin-Muballit were bought with his mother's money, 

 and that no one has a claim on the property. 



(No. 33,222, B.C. 2300.) 



Apil-ili hired Nur-Martu from his father for 1 year 

 at the rate of 4| of a shekel of silver, i.e. about 14/- 

 (fourteen shillings). A deposit of one shekel was paid 

 by Apil-ili. 



Nin-sagil and a friend hired two boys, one from his 

 father, and the other from his mother, for 10 days 

 during harvest. (No. 92,594.) 



A male slave was sold for 6 shekels of silver in the 

 reign of Abeshua. (No. 92,554, B.C. 2110.) 



And a female slave for 4| shekels. (No. 92,551.) 



In the reign of Samsu-ilund (b.c. 2145) the three 

 sons of a widow called Jashukhatum tried to take pos- 

 session of their father's house and goods ; the widow 

 appealed, and Tablet No. 92,510 contains the decision 

 of the court to the effect that she was the rightful 

 owner of everything. 



In the reign of a predecessor of Khammurabi a 

 certain garden in Babylon was illegally seized by 



