Page "Babylonian law" Paragraph 25

Landowners frequently cultivated their land themselves, but could also employ a husbandman, or rent it.

The husbandman was bound to carry out proper cultivation, raise an average crop, and leave the field in good tilth.

In case the crop failed, the Code fixed a statutory return.

Land might be leased at a fixed rent, where the Code stipulates that accidental loss fell on the tenant.

If leased on profit-sharing terms, the landlord and tenant shared the loss proportionally to their stipulated share of profit.

If the tenant paid his rent and kept the land in good tilth, the landlord could not interfere nor forbid subletting.