’LM WKL ’DMM ’Š YZBḤ [... ...] || As for any MZRḤ-sodality or any family or any MRZḤ-sodality of a god, or any persons who shall offer [a sacrifice,] |- | (17) || H’DMM HMT MŠ’T ‘L ZBḤ ’ḤD KMDT ŠT BKTB[T ... ...] || those persons shall pay the payment for each sacrifice in accordance with the amount set down in the documen[ts of the Tariff officials]. |- | (18) || [K]L MŠ’T ’Š ’YBL ŠT BPS Z WNTN LPY HKTBT ’Š [KTB ... ... H’ŠM ’Š ‘L HMŠ’TT || As for any payment that is not set down in this inscription, it shall be paid in accordance with the documents that [were written ... by the Tariff officials |- | (18-19) || ‘T R ḤLṢB‘L BN BDTN]/T WḤLṢB‘L BN BD’ŠMN WḤBRNM || in the time of the magistrates Ḥaloṣba‘al the son of Bodtinnī]/t, and Ḥaloṣba‘al the son of Bodesmūn, and their colleagues. |- | (20) || KL KHN ’Š YQḤ MŠ’T BDṢ L’Š ŠT BPS Z WN‘N[Š ... ...] || Any priest who shall take a payment in excess of what is set down in this inscription, he shall be fine[d ...] |- | (21) || KL B‘L ZBḤ ’Š ’YBL YTN ’T K[...]L HMŠ’T ’Š [... ...] || Any sacrificer who shall not pay the fu[ll amoun]t of the payment that is [set down in this inscription, he shall be fined ...] |} Comparison with Leviticus The Marseille Tariff has often been compared with the Jewish rules for sacrifices as given in the Bible book Leviticus 1-7. As Van den Branden has said, "No one will deny that Israel in developing its religious cult has derived elements from Canaanite rites". When Solomon built the First Temple, he closely cooperated with King Hiram of Tyre (I Kings 5-7). Now Tyre was the mother city of Carthage, and Carthage is known to have been conservative in guarding the religious practices of its mother city. Thus the Marseille Tariff can be expected to mirror Canaanite practices. Similarities exist between the Marseille Tariff and Leviticus. Both give provisions as to what is due to the priests. Also, the order of the offerings, going from large to small animals, and ending with food offerings like cakes or oil, is the same for both. And both make special mention of the hide of the animals. However, their general character is very different: the