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authorities and the local Anatolian rulers. The Assyrians were granted
residence rights in the (commercial districts of the) cities and extrater-
ritoriality, in the sense that their colonies were political and juridi-
cal extensions of the government of Assur. Treaties had to be renewed
whenever a new ruler ascended the throne.^240 According to one
treaty, the local ruler has to bar competitors of the Assyrians, notably
Babylonian traders, whom he will extradite to be killed. The ruler
is entitled to a minute part of or levy on the goods carried by the
Assyrian caravans passing through his country in both directions.^241AAKT 1–3 Ankara Kültepe Tabletleri/Ankaraner Kültepe-Tafeln/Texte
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APU A.M. Ulshöfer, Die altassyrischen Privaturkunden, FAOS Beiheft 4
(Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 1995)
ArAnat Archivum Anatolicum:Anadolu Arsivleri. Ankara Universitesi Dil ve
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CTMMA I. Starr, ed., Cuneiform Texts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Tablets,
Cones and Bricks of the Third and Second Millennia B.C. (New York:
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EL G. Eisser and J. Lewy, Altassyrische Rechtsurkunden vom Kültepe, I–II.
MVAeG 30 und 35/3 (Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, 1930–35)
Kienast no. Texts edited in B. Kienast, Das altassyrische Kaufvertragsrecht (on pp.
103–63)
kt a/k+number Unpublished texts from Kültepe (kt), found in kàrumKanish (/k),
since the first year of the excavations, 1948 (= a), until 1972
(= z)
kt 73/k+number Kültepe tablets found in kàrumKanish in 1973 and following
years
PIHANS Publications de l’Institut historique-archéologique néerlandais de
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