Here is the whole sentence: Politicians have tried to stop prices from rising since the 18th century B.C, when Babylonia's King Hammurabi decreed how many gur of corn a farmer could pay for a cow.
Norton, Rob. "History's lessons for health care costs. (government controls)." Fortune 129.n1 (Jan 10, 1994): 86(2). Academic OneFile. Thomason Gale. University of Phoenix. 23 Mar. 2007
2007-04-02 02:28:37 · 2 answers · asked by shippygirl2003 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
A gur was a Babylonian unit of volume used for measuring grain. One gur was equal to roughly 8.5 bushels.
Paragraph 243 of the Code of Hammurabi:
As rent of herd cattle he shall pay three gur of corn to the owner.
2007-04-02 04:39:31 · answer #1 · answered by dollhaus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means a year for a field laborer. For example, in your question it would mean, how many years of work did a farmer have to pay to buy a cow.
2007-04-02 02:36:39 · answer #2 · answered by questionable 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋