Mutton he might not touch, though he could drink beer after partaking of meat.

A sacred herd was kept for the king's use, and nine cows, neither more nor less, were daily brought to the royal enclosure to be milked for his majesty.

The boy who brought the cows from the pasture to the royal enclosure must be a member of a particular clan and under the age of puberty, and was subject to other restrictions.

The milk for the king was drawn into a sacred pot which neither the milkman nor anybody else might touch.

The king drank the milk, sitting on a sacred stool, three times a day, and any which was left over must be drunk by the boy who brought the cows from pasture.