The Treaty between Suppiluliumas and Kurtiwaza

A duplicate of this tablet has been deposited before the Sun-goddess of Arinna, because the Sun-goddess of Arinna regulates kingship and queenship. In the land of Mitanni a duplicate has been deposited before Teššub, the lord of the kurinnu of Kahat. At regular intervals they shall read it in the presence of the king of the land of Mitanni and in the presence of the sons of the land of the Hurri. Whoever removes this tablet from before Teššub, the lord of the kurinnu of Kahat, and places it in a hidden location, or breaks it, or causes another to alter the wording of the tablet, the gods are hereby called together at the conclusion of this treaty. The gods of the contracting parties are summoned to be present, to listen, and to serve as witnesses.⁠a These are the gods: the Sun-goddess of Arinna, who regulates kingship and queenship; the Sun-god, lord of heaven; the Storm-god, lord of the Hatti land; the Storm-god of Kizzuwatna; the Storm-god of Nerik; the Storm-god of Halab; the Storm-god of Lihzina; the Storm-god of Samuha; the Storm-god of Hurma; the Storm-god of Sarissa; the Storm-god of Sapinuwa; the Storm-god of Hissashapa; the Storm-god of Tahaya; the Storm-god of Kizzuwatna; the Storm-god of Uda; the Hattian patron-god of Karahna; Zithariyas; Karzis; Hapantalliyas; the patron-god of the field; the patron-god of the shield; Lelwani; Ea; Damkina; Telepinu of Tawiniya; Telepinu of Durmitta; Telepinu of Hanhana; Ištar the warlike; Aškapas; Halikis. The Moon-god, lord of the oath; Išhara, queen of the oath; Hebat, queen of heaven; Hebat of Halab; Hebat of Uda; Hebat of Kizzuwatna; the Warrior-god; the Hattian Warrior-god; the Warrior-god of Ellaya; the Warrior-god of Arziya; Yarris; Zapparas; Hasammelis; Hantidas of Hurma; Abaras of Samuha; Katahhas of Ankuwa; Katahhas of Katapa; Mammas of Tahurpa; Hallaras of Dunna; Huwassanas of Hupisna; the Lady of Landa; Kunziwannanis of Landa; the gods of the Hatti land; the gods of the land of Kizzuwatna; Ereskigal; Nara; Namsara; Minku; Amminku; Tussi; Ammizadu; Alalu; Anu; Antu; Ellil; Ninlil; Belet-Ekalli; the mountains; the rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates; heaven and earth; the winds and the clouds. Teššub, the lord of heaven and earth; Kušu and Šimigi, the Harranian Moon-god of heaven and earth; Teššub, lord of the kurinnu of Kahat; Teššub, lord of Gurtu; Teššub, lord of Uhhusmana; Ea-šarra, lord of wisdom; Anu and Antu; Ellil and Ninlil; the twin gods Mitra and Uruwana; Indra; the Našatyana gods; Samanuha; Teššub, lord of Wassukkanni; Teššub, lord of the kamar’i of Irrite; Partahi of Susta; Nabarbi; Šuruhi; Aššur; the star Sala; Belet-Ekalli; Damkina; Išhara; the mountains and the rivers; the gods of heaven and the gods of the earth. If you, Kurtiwaza, the prince, and you, the Hurrians, do not fulfill the words of this treaty, may the gods, the lords of the oath, blot you out, you Kurtiwaza and you the Hurrian men, together with your land, your wives, and all that you possess. May they draw you out like malt from its husk. Just as no plant grows from seed taken from a field, so may you, Kurtiwaza, take a second wife and produce no offspring, and may the Hurrians likewise take wives and produce no seed. May these gods of the contracting parties bring misery and poverty upon you. May they overturn your throne, yours, Kurtiwaza. May the oaths sworn before these gods break you like reeds, you Kurtiwaza, together with your land. May they eradicate from the earth your name and your offspring born of a second wife. May they send uninterrupted war into your land, from the midst of the Hurrians who have rebelled. May the earth become cold and slippery beneath you so that you fall. May the soil of your land become hardened quagmire so that you sink and never cross it. May you, Kurtiwaza, and you, the Hurrians, be hateful to the thousand gods, and may they pursue you. If, on the other hand, you, Kurtiwaza, the prince, and you, the Hurrians, fulfill this treaty and this oath, may these gods protect you, Kurtiwaza, together with your wife, the daughter of the land of Hatti, her children and her children’s children, and also you, the Hurrians, together with your wives, your children, and your children’s children, together with your land. May the land of Mitanni return to the place it formerly occupied. May it thrive and expand. May you, Kurtiwaza, your sons and your sons’ sons descended from the daughter of the Great King of the land of Hatti, and you, the Hurrians, exercise kingship forever. May the throne of your father endure. May the land of Mitanni endure.