def create_from_hash(hash, ezo):
        '''
        given the hash of a contract, returns a contract  from the data store
        :param hash: (string) hash of the contract source code
        :param ezo: ezo instance
        :return: contract instance, error
        '''

        cp, err = ezo.db.get("contracts", hash)
        if err:
            return None, err

        # create a new Contract
        c = Contract(cp["name"], ezo)
        c.abi = cp["abi"]
        c.bin = cp["bin"]
        c.hash = cp["hash"]
        c.source = cp["source"]
        c.timestamp = cp["timestamp"]
        c.te_map = cp['te-map']

        return c, None