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The Code of Hammurabi

section 273 · 239 of 248

The Code of Hammurabi

English, translated by C. H. W. Johns — Johns, The Oldest Code of Laws in the World, Edinburgh, 1903

If a man has hired a labourer, from the beginning of the year till the fifth month, he shall give six _SE_ of silver _per diem_; from the sixth month to the end of the year, he shall give five _SE_ of silver _per diem_.