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Records of the past (1904)

Records of the Past Exploration Society · [Washington, D.C. : Records of the Past Exploration Society] · leaf 384

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Let me put 2 of my oxen with 2 of thine oxen into thy pasture lands,and everything, as much as in those fields grow, by our work of irrigation, isours in common. Afterwards Rimut-Ninib complied with his request andgave him oxen and seed; ox for ox, seed for seed. They have sworn by theking that… … Bel-nadin-shumu for and on account of aclaim for damages arising from trespasscommitted by the latter and his servants. Thecharge of trespass, followed by its denial,and then payment of consideration for set-tlement or release, is analogous to similartransactions of the present day. TRANSLATION…

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