Tithe

===The ''esretu''  – "ešretū" the Ugarit and Babylonian one-tenth tax===
Listed below are some specific instances of the [[Mesopotamian]] tithe, taken from ''The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago'', Vol. 4 "E" p.&nbsp;369:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/cad_e.pdf|title=The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago|date=1958|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312032447/https://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/cad_e.pdf |access-date=29 June 2022|archive-date=12 March 2017 }}</ref>
:[Referring to a ten percent tax levied on garments by the local ruler:] "the palace has taken eight garments as your tithe (on 85 garments)"
:"...eleven garments as tithe (on 112 garments)"..
:"...(the [[sun-god]]) [[Shamash]] demands the tithe..."
:"four [[Mina (unit)|minas]] of silver, the tithe of [the gods] [[Bel (god)|Bel]], [[Nabu]], and [[Nergal]]..."
:"...he has paid, in addition to the tithe for [[Ninurta]], the tax of the gardiner"
:"...the tithe of the chief accountant, he has delivered it to [the sun-god] Shamash"
:"...why do you not pay the tithe to the [[Inanna|Lady-of-Uruk]]?"
:"...(a man) owes barley and dates as balance of the tithe of the **years three and four"
:"...the tithe of the king on barley of the town..."
:"...with regard to the elders of the city whom (the king) has **summoned to (pay) tithe..."
:"...the collector of the tithe of the country Sumundar..."
:"...(the official Ebabbar in [[Sippar]]) who is in charge of the tithe..."
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File:Weihgeschenk des Hermonax.jpg|"Hermonax and his son dedicated me as a tithe of their works to Apollo."
File:Závaží ze Susa.jpg|Weight from Didyma.
File:Dedanitský nápis.jpg|Dedanite inscription.
File:Apollo Piombino.jpg|Apollo of Piombino.
File:Ancient Collection MfA Boston 0198-2.jpg|"Mantiklos donated me as a tithe to the far shooter, the bearer of the Silver Bow. You, Phoebus (Apollo) give something pleasing in return."
File:AGMA Stèle de la démocratie.jpg|Law against tyranny. "Both he and his descendants, and his estate shall be public property,and a tithe for the goddess."
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