SAA 02 004. Accession Treaty of Esarhaddon (JCS 39 187)

~685 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P314346

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 2

High confidence

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [...... t]ower[s ...] I shall tell [...] to [... and] trav[ellers, I shall send messengers] to the south and [the north ...]. (r 4) Should I he[ar an ug]ly word about him [from the mou]th of his progeny, [should I hear it] from the mouth of one of the magnates or [governors], [from the mouth of one o]f the bearded or from the mouth of [the eunuchs], I will tell it to Esarhaddon, my lord; (r 8) I [will] be [his servant] and speak good of him, I [will be] loyal to him and [... the fa]ce of Esarhaddon my lord, [...]; (r 10) I will [keep] the oath [of this treaty…

State Archives of Assyria, volume 2 — scholar edition (ORACC).

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Transliteration

[x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢lu-ni⸣ [x x x x] / [x x x x x x x x] ⸢i⸣-si-⸢ta⸣-[te x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-na ⸢LÚ⸣.[x x x] / [x x x a-na a]-⸢lik⸣ ḫu-li a-qab-bi [x x x x a]-na ZAG ⸢ù⸣ [KAB a-šap-par] / [ù šúm-ma a-na]-⸢ku⸣ a-bat-su la ⸢de-iq-tú⸣ [TAv pi]-i NUMUN-šú a-šam-mu-[u-ni] / [ú-la-a šúm-ma] TAv pi-i ša 01-en ⸢TAv⸣ [ŠÀ] ⸢LÚ⸣.GAL-MEŠ [LÚ.NAM-MEŠ] / [TAv pi-i 01-en] ⸢TAv⸣ ŠÀ LÚ.šá—ziq-ni ú-la-a TAv pi-⸢i⸣…

Scholarly note

Neo-Assyrian treaty or loyalty oath, edited by Simo Parpola & Kazuko Watanabe (SAA 2, 1988). Binding agreement invoking divine sanction. ORACC text P314346.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P314346). source
Translation excerpted from Parpola, S. & Watanabe, K. 1988. Neo-Assyrian Treaties and Loyalty Oaths. SAA 2. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa02/P314346/.

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