Lot Essay
Item 1: there are in existence several other letters exchanged between Puzur-Ashur and Buzazu in museums in Europe and the U.S.A.
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A COMPLETE OLD ASSYRIAN LETTER, with 37 lines of text, a letter to Puzur-Ashur from his business partner, Buzazu, who writes about a number of financial transactions concerning sums of silver, some of which he has paid and others that he wishes to get, he also demands that his servants be sent to him and implores Puzur-Ashur to find as much silver as he can and send it, minor chip at one corner, 5.4 x 6.6 x 1.7cm.; and another, with 14 lines, a witnessed contract involving the payment of a the small amount of six shekels of silver, constituting the working capital of a servant, 3.6 x 3.8 x 1.1cm., both 19th Century B.C., from Kanesh (Kültepe) (2)
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A COMPLETE OLD ASSYRIAN LETTER, with 37 lines of text, a letter to Puzur-Ashur from his business partner, Buzazu, who writes about a number of financial transactions concerning sums of silver, some of which he has paid and others that he wishes to get, he also demands that his servants be sent to him and implores Puzur-Ashur to find as much silver as he can and send it, minor chip at one corner, 5.4 x 6.6 x 1.7cm.; and another, with 14 lines, a witnessed contract involving the payment of a the small amount of six shekels of silver, constituting the working capital of a servant, 3.6 x 3.8 x 1.1cm., both 19th Century B.C., from Kanesh (Kültepe) (2)