Position in chronology
SAA 02 013. A Vassal Treaty (JCS 39 175)
Translation · reference
High confidence(Beginning destroyed) (ii 2) [...] him. (ii 3) You will not make peace [with] him (ii 4) nor make [common cause] with him, (ii 5) but will fe[ar] me (ii 6) and do what is [good] to me. (ii 7) [If] you do what is good to me, (ii 8) all [Ar]abia [... (ii 9) (Break) (ii 11) [Should] I march (ii 12) [...] against you (ii 13) [...] his mouth (ii 14) [...] keeping at a distance from you (ii 15) [...] you will bring forth (ii 16) [...] is set to him (ii 17) [... let them] make difficult (ii 18) [...] one of your servants (ii 19) [...] another country (ii 20) [...] ... (iii 1) You will send no…
Source: Parpola, S. & Watanabe, K. 1988. Neo-Assyrian Treaties and Loyalty Oaths. SAA 2. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa02/P336220/
Why it matters
Transliteration
[x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ / [x x x x x x]-ka-šú / [is-si]-šú ⸢la⸣ ta-⸢sa-lim⸣ / [pi-i] ⸢is⸣-si-šú ⸢la⸣ ta-šá-kan / [ta]-pa-⸢làḫ⸣-[an]-ni / ⸢SIG₅⸣-ia te-⸢pa⸣-áš-⸢ma⸣ / [šum-ma] ⸢SIG₅-ia⸣ te-ta-pa-áš / [x x x KUR?.a?]-⸢ru⸣-bu gab-bu / [x x x x x x]-bu / [x x x x x x]-di-u / [šum-ma a-na-ku ina] ⸢UGU⸣-ḫi-ka / [x x x x x] ⸢al⸣-lak / [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-bi pi-i-šú / [x x x x x] ⸢TA⸣ IGI-ka pa-ti-u-ni / [x x x…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian treaty or loyalty oath, edited by Simo Parpola & Kazuko Watanabe (SAA 2, 1988). Binding agreement invoking divine sanction. ORACC text P336220.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P336220). 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/P336220/.
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