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CHAPTER VI. The Gold Unit everywhere the value of a Cow.

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Yât180 stirs180 stirs180 stirs
Tanâpûhar300 stirs300 stirs300 stirs

There are in the Shayast-la-Shayast various lists of sins and good works. These sins or good works are put in the golden balance and weighed, in which case the stir is a weight, whilst in other cases we have a money evaluation. As much confusion arises from variations in the lists, it will be best to tabulate the different lists, and thus get a synoptic view of the whole.

On looking at the table, we find that all our authorities are in complete harmony as to the amounts of the last five; Aredûs is 30 stirs , Khôr = 60, Bâzâî = 90, Yât = 180, and Tanâpûhar = 300 stirs . Let us first consider

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