The Wines of the Ancient Orient. ac 



of the king -^ In case the wine is not deHvered, the wineseller 

 must give another wine corresponding with the marketprice of 

 Nineveh. All these documents show that the price of wine was 

 subject to a special tarift'in Assyria. The wines imported into 

 Assyria, it seems, were subject to an extra custom-house tax. 

 This additional tax naturally made the imported wines much 

 more expensive than the home-grown wines. In case the 

 winesellers from districts outside of Assyria proper did not 

 hll their orders, the}" were compelled, according to these docu- 

 ments-, to give an equal quantity of wine ordered, subject 

 only to the tariff of Nineveh. In this case, therefore, the 

 revenue on the wine would have to be borne by the wine- 

 seller, and not b\- the buyer. 



11 5 tmer of wine according to the ^a(-measure) of the king. 

 2"! ^v ma-ht'-ri s<i Nhtuaf^'. 



