684 THE ANCIENT HITTITES. 



INTKODICTION OF THK EOYITIAX SCKIBE/' 



In the year 21,'' on the 21st of the winter month (Tyl)i), under the majesty of the 

 king of upper and lower Egypt, Ramses II. '' It was on that day that his majesty 

 was at the city " liouse of Ramses II," doing what his father A men-Ra'' ajjproves. 

 When there came the royal messenger and * * * and the royal messenger 

 * * * (before the majesty of the king) Ramses II (with the messenger of Chatti 

 Tar) tesob and * * * whom the great prince of Chatti, Chattusar, had sent to 

 the Pharaoh to implore jieace of the majesty of the king, Ramses II. 



Copy of the silver tablet which the great prince of Chatti, C'hattusar, caused to 

 he 1)rought to the Pharaoh by his messenger Tartesob and his messenger Ramses'^ 

 to iin])lore i)eace from the majesty of the king, Ramses II. 



TRANSLATION OF THK ORKilNAI, TABLET.' 



Treaty, which was prepared upon a silver tablet by the great jtrince of Chatti, 

 Chattusar,-' the mighty, son of Morsar, the great prince of Chatti, the mighty, grand- 

 son of 8apalulu, the great prince of {^^hatti, the mighty, for Ramses II, the great 

 King of Egyi')t, the mighty, son of Seti I, the great King of Egypt, the mighty, 

 grandson of Ramses I, the great King of Egypt, the mighty,./" the beautiful treaty of 

 peace and alliance, which establishes (between them beautiful) peace (and beau- 

 tiful alliance) for all eternity. 



UEMEMHRANCE OF FORMER GOOD RELATIONS AND THE NECESSITY OF TREATIES. 



Formerly, in very ancient times — as regards the relation of the great King of 

 Egypt witli the great j)rince of Chatti, the god did not allow any enmity to arise 

 between them (and this hajipened) through a treaty. But at the time of Mutallu, 

 the great prince of Chatti, my brother, he carried on war with (Ramses II) the 

 great King of Egypt. Henceforth, however, from to-day on, behold, Chattusar, 

 the great prince of Chatti (has caused to be drawn up) a treaty which determines 

 the relation of the land of Egypt to the land of Chatti as Ra.'/ created and as 

 Sutechr/ created, that no enmity arise between them forever. 



THE ALLIANCE IS CONCLUDED ANEW. 



I'ehold, Chattusar, the great i)rince of Chatti, enters from to-day on into a treaty 

 with Ramses II, the great King of Egypt, that it be a beautiful peace and a beau- 

 tiful alliance between us in eternity. He is allied with me, he is in peace with me; 

 I am allied with him, I am in peace with him forever. 



After ISIutallu, the great prince, my great brother, had followed his unhappy fate,^' 

 and Chattusar ' sat upon the throne of his father as the great prince of Chatti — 

 behold, I agreed with Ramses II, the great King of Egypt, that we (arrange) our 



"The headings are not in the original, but are here inserted for convenience in 

 reading. 



''That is, of the reign of Ramses II. 



'The bombastic and scarcely intelligible titles that follow here are omitted. 



'' An Egytian, as the name shows. 



'The translation was made by the Egyptian so pedantically literal that in many 

 respects he writes un-Egyptian. But in such passages the Babylonian of the 

 original is the more transparent. 



.^All these titles of the Hittite, as well as of the Egyptian, are Babylonio-Assyr- 

 ian, and not indigenous. 



(7 Name of a god. 



/'The Egyi)tian rendered here the Babylonian expression literally. It means, to 

 fulfill his fate; to die. 



'Chattusar speaks here for a while in the tliird person of himself. 



