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off a debt, and the merchant shall remove and sell them for
money, no one can object.
section 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 pay, and he shall
ransom his maid.
section 120. If a man has heaped up his corn in a heap in the house of a
man, and in the granary a disaster has taken place, or the owner of the
house has opened the granary and taken the corn, or has disputed as to
the total amount of the corn that was heaped up in his house, the owner
of the corn shall recount his corn before God, the owner of the house
shall make up and return the corn which he took and shall give to the
owner of the corn.
section 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
annum.

section 122. If a man shall give silver, gold, or anything whatever, to a
man on deposit, all whatever he shall give he shall shew to witnesses
and fix bonds and shall give on deposit.
section 123. If without witness and bonds he has given on deposit, and
where he has deposited they keep disputing him, this case has no
remedy.
section 124. If a man has given silver, gold, or anything whatever to a
man on deposit before witnesses and he has disputed with him, one
shall put that man to account, and whatever he has disputed he shall
make up and shall give.
section 125. If a man has given anything of his on deposit, and where
he gave it, either by housebreaking or by rebellion, something of his
has been lost, along with something of the owner of the house, the
owner of the house who has defaulted all that was given him on deposit
and has been 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.
section 126. If a man has lost nothing of his, but has said that
something of his is lost, has exaggerated his loss, since nothing of his is
lost, his loss he shall recount before God, and whatever he has claimed
he shall make up and shall give to his loss.
section 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.
section 128. If a man has married a wife and has not laid down her
bonds, that woman is no wife.
section 129. If the wife of a man has been caught in lying with another
male, one shall bind them and throw them into the waters. If the owner
of the wife would save his wife or the king would save his servant (he
may).

section 130. 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 killed, the woman
herself shall go free.
section 131. If the wife of a man her husband has accused her, and she
has not been caught in lying with another male, she shall swear by God
and shall return to her house.
section 132. If a wife of a man on account of another male has had the
finger pointed at her, and has not been caught in lying with another
male, for her husband she shall plunge into the holy river.
section 133. If a man has been taken captive and in his house there is
maintenance, his wife has gone out from her house and entered into the
house of another, because that woman has not guarded her body, and
has entered into the house of another, one shall put that woman to
account and throw her into the waters.
section 134. If a man has been taken captive and in his house there is
no maintenance, and his wife has entered into the house of another, that
woman has no blame.
section 135. If a man has been taken captive and in his house there is
no maintenance before her, his wife has entered into the house of
another and has borne children, afterwards her husband has returned
and regained his city, that woman shall return to her bridegroom, the
children shall