. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . for a whole year ; he disposed, so to speak, of aportion of his life to the provisional master of his choice, and if he did not enterupon his work at the day agreed upon, or if he showed himself inactive in theduties assigned to him, he was liable to severe punishment. He received inexchange for his labour his food, lodging, and clothing ; and if an accidentshould occur to him during the term of his service, the law granted him an 1 Rawlinson, Cun. IF. A. Insc., vol. ii. pi. 14,11. 29, 30, col. ii. 11. 9-19, and Fr. Lenormant, ÉtudesAccadiennes,
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . for a whole year ; he disposed, so to speak, of aportion of his life to the provisional master of his choice, and if he did not enterupon his work at the day agreed upon, or if he showed himself inactive in theduties assigned to him, he was liable to severe punishment. He received inexchange for his labour his food, lodging, and clothing ; and if an accidentshould occur to him during the term of his service, the law granted him an 1 Rawlinson, Cun. IF. A. Insc., vol. ii. pi. 14,11. 29, 30, col. ii. 11. 9-19, and Fr. Lenormant, ÉtudesAccadiennes, vol. ii. pp. 44, 45, vol. iii. p. 17; of. Oppert-Menant, Documents juridiques de lAssyrieet de la Chaldée, pp. 26-28. 2 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a Chaldaean intaglio reproduced in Lajard, Introduction àlhistoire du culte public et des Mystères de Mithra en Occident et en Orient, pl. xxxiv. No. 5. Theoriginal is in the cabinet of medals in the Bibliothèque Nationale (Chabouillet, Catalogue 931). 766 CHALD2EAN THE FARM OXEN* indemnity in proportion to the injury he had His average wage wasfrom four to six shekels of silver per annum. He was also entitled by customto another shekel in the form of a retaining fee, and he could claim his pay,which was given to him mostly in corn, in monthly instalments, if his agree-ment were for a considerable time, and daily if it were for a short period. The mercenary never fell into the condition of the ordinary serf: heretained his rights as a man, and possessed in the person of the patron forwhom he laboured, or whom he himself had selected, a defender of his When he cameto the end of his engage-ment, he returned to hisfamily, and resumed hisordinary occupation untilthe next occasion. Manyof the farmers in a smallway earned thus, in a fewweeks, sufficient means tosupplement their ownmodest personal income. Others sought out more permanent occupations,and hired themselves out as regul
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