680 THE ANCIENT HITTITES. 



FORM OF OATH. 



Of these words of the treaty of the great prince of Chatti with Ramses, the great 

 King of Egypt, written upon a silver tablet, a thousand gods, male and female, of 

 the Chatti land, together with a thousand gods, male and female, of those of Egypt, 

 are witnesses. * * * 



[Follows a list of the gods who shall watch as witnesses. Adjoining it is read:] 

 Whosoever will not keep these words, which are written upon a silver tablet, for the 

 land of Chatti and the land of Egypt, the thousand gods of the Chatti land, together 

 with the thousand gods of the land of P^gypt, shall punish him, his house, his land, 

 and his subjects. But whosoever shall keep the words which are written upon the 

 silver tablet and not neglect them, whether of the Hittites or of the Egyptians, the 

 thousand gods of the Chatti land, together with the thousand gods of the land of 

 Egypt, will preserve him in health and give him life, together with his offspring, his 

 country, and his subjects. 



POSTSCRIPT TO THE TREATY OF EXTRADITION — HOW TO RECONCILE WITH IT THE RIGHT 



OF ASYLUM. 



If one, or two, or three people flee from the land of Egypt and come to the great 

 prince of Chatti, the great prince of Chatti shall have them seized and returned to 

 Ramses, the great King of Egypt. No accusation shall be made against the man 

 who is thus brought to Ramses on account of his offense; his house, his wives, or 

 children shall not be punished; he shall not be killed, nor shall his eyes, his ears, 

 his mouth, or his feet be nuitilated; in short, no charge whatever shall be made 

 against him on account of his offense. 



In the same way, if one, or two, or three people have fled from the land of Chatti 

 * * * [The same as above, with corresponding changes.] 



DESCRII^ION OF THE SILVER TABLET. 



On the obverse of the tablet is shown a figure of Sutech,« who embraces the figure 

 of the great prince of Chatti, surrounded with an inscription which says: "Seal of 

 Sutech, the King of Heaven, seal of the treaty which Chattusar, the great prince of 

 Chatti, the mighty, son of INIorsar, the great i)rince of Chatti, the mighty, concludes." 

 Within the bordering of the sculpture is tlie seal * * * (supply, "of the great 

 goddess?' ' ) . 



On the reverse is a sculpture, a figure of * * * (supply, "the great goddess?") 

 of Chatti, who embraces the figure of the great princess of Chatti, surrounded with 

 an inscription which says: "Seal of the sun god of the city of Arenena, the lord of 

 the earth, (and?) seal of Rutuchipa, the princess of the Chatti land, daughter of the 

 country of Kizawaden, the (lady?) of the city of Arenena, the lady of the land, the 

 worshiper of the god(?)." Within the bordering of the sculpture is the seal of the 

 sun god of Arenena, the lord of all lands. 



This treat}' of alliance and extradition is, acoordingl}^ the renewal 

 of a former one, one party to which was Sapalulu, the grandfather of 

 King- Chattusar. 



Subseqiienth' the Kingdom of Chatti goes rapidly to ruin, parti}' 

 through the inrush of a wave of Aramean peoples, partly through the 

 advance of new Hittite peoples from the north and northwest, with 

 whom, already in 1100 b. c, Tiglath-Pileser 1 came in conflict, 



" By Sutech the Egyptian renders the names of all foreign gods. It is not the 

 name of a IJittite god. 



