Old Assyrian commercial law

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ancient Near Eastern law commercial law legal system

Old Assyrian commercial law was an early Near Eastern legal system governing trade, contracts, and merchant activities, known primarily from cuneiform tablets documenting Assyrian trading colonies such as those at Kültepe.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Old Assyrian commercial law canonical 1
Old Assyrian trade texts 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Near Eastern law ⓘ
commercial law ⓘ
legal system ⓘ
appliesTo Assyrian merchants ⓘ
Old Assyrian trade network ⓘ
surface form: Old Assyrian trading colonies

agency relationships ⓘ
caravan trade ⓘ
credit transactions ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
partnership agreements ⓘ
centeredIn Anatolian trading colonies ⓘ
Ashur ⓘ
surface form: Assur

Kültepe ⓘ
characteristic based on customary practice ⓘ
focus on practical mercantile issues ⓘ
recorded in private archives rather than royal law codes ⓘ
knownFrom Kültepe tablet corpus ⓘ
surface form: Kültepe tablets

cuneiform tablets ⓘ
private legal documents ⓘ
language Old Assyrian ⓘ
surface form: Old Assyrian Akkadian
legalDomain contracts ⓘ
debt ⓘ
dispute resolution ⓘ
inheritance of commercial assets ⓘ
interest ⓘ
maritime and overland transport of goods ⓘ
suretyship ⓘ
trade ⓘ
regulates arbitration procedures ⓘ
commission agency contracts ⓘ
default on obligations ⓘ
inheritance of commercial claims ⓘ
jurisdiction between Assyrian and local authorities ⓘ
liability for loss of goods ⓘ
loan contracts ⓘ
oaths in commercial disputes ⓘ
partnership contracts ⓘ
pledges and collateral ⓘ
profit-sharing arrangements ⓘ
repayment of debts ⓘ
representation of absent merchants ⓘ
risk allocation in trade ⓘ
sureties and guarantors ⓘ
relatedTo Old Assyrian trade network ⓘ
surface form: Assyrian trade network

Old Assyrian ⓘ
surface form: Old Assyrian period

ancient Anatolian economy ⓘ
timePeriod Old Assyrian period ⓘ
early 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
writingSystem cuneiform ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kültepe → evidenceFor → Old Assyrian commercial law ⓘ
Neša → mentionedIn → Old Assyrian commercial law ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Assyrian trade texts