It was reported that the first written commercial agreement was made 4,000 years ago in Anatolia and the written documents were found during the excavations at Kültepe-Karum in Kayseri.
Ankara University Faculty of Language and History Geography faculty member, who made scientific researches about Kültepe-Karum by reading cuneiform tablets. Dr. Cahit Günbattı, the first commercial written agreement in Anatolia, 4 thousand years ago, was made today, Kültepe-Karum region of cuneiform tablets found in excavations, he said.
Professor Dr. Günbattı stated that during the excavations in the Karum region, where the Kültepe mound and the Assyrian merchants have lived since 1948, 23 thousand cuneiform tablets were reached, and before 1948 there were 4 thousand 500 tablets that were abducted abroad and gave the following information:
"He made commercial agreements with the Assyrian Kingdom in Mesopotamia, the Kingdom of Poodle, and the Kingdom of Hahhum near Adiyaman. The two tablets we read read interesting information about this agreement. According to these agreements, if an Assyrian merchant was killed in Anatolia and his goods were lost (looted), The murderer will be handed over to the Assyrians and killed by them. No one will be replaced by the killer. Forced and cheap goods will not be taken from the merchants. The decision will be made fairly for an Assyrian who goes to the court. If he does not pay his debt, he will not be arrested, the debtor's property will be sold, the creditor will receive the creditor.If an Assyrian property is found to be lost and returned to its owner.A Assyrians' house, slave, concubine, field or garden will not be placed and sold. the concubine, a slave or a witness of one of the people of Hahhum will not be decided. "
TIN PRECIOUS METAL
Professor Dr. Cahit Günbattı, 4 thousand years ago in Anatolia, said that tin is one of the most precious metals, "Tin was very little at that time and did not respond to the need. Assyrian merchants brought tin and sold the most tin. The local kings who fought each other had to make concessions to the Assyrian merchants in order to make weapons and to buy tin, "he said.
In 1948, he worked in Kültepe-Karum. Dr. Prof. Dr. Tahsin Özgüç and still continues Dr. The cuneiform tablets and other archaeological artifacts found in the excavations carried out by Fikri Kulakoğlu are exhibited in Ankara Anatolian Civilizations Museum and Kayseri Archeology Museum.