Position in chronology
SAA 02 001. Treaty of Šamši-Adad V with Marduk-zakir-šumi, King of Babylon (AfO 08 28)
Translation · reference
High confidence(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] horses [......]. (3) If the governor [......] sends troops [to ......], the king [shall ... no]thing [......]. (5) [......] he shall trust [in] their [stead]fast heart ...[...]. (6) [......] he shall not deport [......] Babylonia and Assyria nor seize [......]. (7) He shall [......] to the forts and gar[risons ......]. (8) Šamši-Adad shall not say (any) evil words about Marduk-rimanni [... to] the king, (viz.): "Kill, blind, or se[ize him", nor] shall king Marduk-zakir-šumi listen to him (should he say such things). (11) [He shall not ......] him, [nor ...]…
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/P240211/
Why it matters
Transliteration
[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ḫi [x x x x] / [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ANŠE⸣.KUR.RA-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x] / [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ki-i LÚv.EN.NAM ⸢x⸣+[x x] / [x x x x x x x x x] e-mu-qí il-tap-ru LUGAL mim-⸢ma?⸣ [x x x] / [x x x x x x ina ku]-⸢un⸣ ŠÀ-bi-šú-nu la it-ták-lu na-a-[x x x] / [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ KUR—URI.KI u KUR—aš-šur.KI ul-te-eg-lu-ma ⸢šum⸣-[ma] / [x x x x x] ⸢iṣ?⸣-ṣab-tu-ma…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian treaty or loyalty oath, edited by Simo Parpola & Kazuko Watanabe (SAA 2, 1988). Binding agreement invoking divine sanction. ORACC text P240211.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P240211). 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/P240211/.
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