Bur-sin

Bur-sin was primarily involved in moneylending business, probably for agricultural purposes. In his business he acted together with his sons: Ilušur-nasir and Nadda-dim. They operated from the town Ishlay, as it is called today, situated in the country of Ešnunna. This country lay outside the territory of Babylonia proper, east of the Tigris, but it had close relations with north Babylonia in some periods, especially with Sipar, where the rulers of Ešnunna appear to have ruled for some time. The tablets from which Bur-Sin in known predates the time of Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC). Besides his moneylending business, Bur-Sin is also recorded buying various kinds of property, land and slaves.