Treaty of Peace Between Rameses II and the Hittites
"Treaty of Peace Between Rameses II and the Hittites," translated by C. W. Goodwin, in Records of the Past, being English Translations of the Assyrian and Egyptian Monuments, vol. 4 (London: Samuel Bagster and Sons, 1875), pp. 27-34.

1. The twenty-first year, the twenty-first day of Tybi,[1] in the reign of King RA-USER-MA,[2] approved by the Sun, Son of the Sun, RAMESSU-MERIAMEN,[3] endowed with life eternal and for ever; lover of AMEN-RA, HARMACHU, PTAH of Memphis, MAUT Lady of Asheru, and CHENSU-NEFERHOTEP; invested upon the throne of HORUS, among the living, like his father HARMACHU, eternally and for ever.

2. On this day behold His Majesty was in the city of the House of Ramessu-Meriamen, making propitiations to his father AMEN-RA, to HARMACHU, to ATOM Lord of On, to AMEN of Ramessu-Meriamen, to PTAH of Ramessu-Meriamem, to SUTECH the most glorious son of NUT; may they grant him an eternity of thirty-years' festivals, an infinity of years of peace, all lands, all nations, being bowed down beneath his feet for ever.

3. There came a royal Herald (nearly a whole line is erased here; the sellsc is, two royal Heralds came, bringing a tablet of silver, which)

4. the Grand-Duke of Kheta,[4] KHETA-SIRA, had sent to the King to beg for peace of King RA-USER-MA, approved of the Sun, Son of the Sun, RAMESSU-MERIAMEN, endowed with life for ever and ever, like his father the Sun continually. Copy of the plate of silver which the Grand-Duke of Kheta, KHETASIRA, sent to the King by the hand of his Herald

5. TARTISBu, and his Herald RAMES, to beg for peace of His Majesty RA-USER-MA, approved of the Sun, Son of the Sun, RAMESSU-MERIAMEN, Chief' of rulers, whose boundaries extend to every land at his pleasure, the covenant made by the Grand-Duke of Kheta, KHETASIRA, the puissant, son of MARASARA,

6. the Grand-Duke of Kheta, the puissant, grandson of SAPALALA, the Grand-Duke of Kheta, the puissant; upon the plate of silver, with RA-USER-mA, approved of the Sun, the great ruler of Egypt, the puissant, son of RAmEN-mA (Seti Meneptah I) the great ruler of Egypt, the puissant, grandson of RA-MEN-PERU (Ramessu I).

7. the great ruler of Egypt, the puissant : The good conditions of peace and fraternity ... to eternity, which were aforetime fiom eternity. This was an arrangement of the great ruler of Egypt with the great Prince of Kheta, by way of covenant, that god might cause no hostility to arise between them! Now it happened.

8. in the time of MAUTENARA, the Grand-Duke of Kheta, my brother, that he fought with... the great ruler of Egypt. But thus it shall be henceforth, even from this day-Behold; KHETASIRA the Grand-Duke of Kheta, covenants to adhere to the arrangement made by the Sun, made by SUTECH, concerning the land of Egypt,

9. with the land of Kheta, to cause no hostility to arise between them for ever. Behold, this it is--KHETASIRA the Grand-Duke of Kheta covenants with RA-USER-MA, approved by the Sun, the great ruler of Egypt from this day forth, that good peace and good brotherhood shall be between us for ever.

10. He shall fraternize with me, he shall be at peace with me, and I will fraternize with him, I will be at peace with him for ever. It happened in the time of MAUTENARA the Grand-Duke of Kheta, my brother, after his decease, KHETASIRA sat as

ll. Grand-Duke of Kheta upon the throne of his father--Behold I am at one in heart with RAMESSU-MERIAMEN, the great ruler of Egypt... of peace, of brotherhood; it shall be better than the peace and the brotherhood, which was before this. Behold, I the Grand-Duke of Kheta with

12. RAMESSU-MERIAMEN the great ruler of Egypt, am in good peace, in good brotherhood ; the children's children of the Grand-Duke of Kheta shall be in good brotherhood and peace with the children's children of RAMESSU-MERIAMEN the great ruler of Egypt, As our (treaty) of brotherhood, and our arrangements

13. (made for the land of Egypt) with the land of Kheta, so to them also shall be peace and brotherhood for ever; there shall no hostility arise between them for ever. The Grand-Duke of Kheta shall not invade the land of Egypt for ever, to carry away anything from it; nor shall RAMESSU-MERIAMEN the great ruler of Egypt invade the land

14. of Kheta for ever to carry away anything from it for ever. The treaty of alliance which was even from the time of SAPALALA the Grand-Duke of Kheta, as well as the treaty of alliance which was in the time of MATENARA (Mura-sara) the Grand-Duke of Kheta my father, if I fulfill it, behold RAMESSU-MERIAMEN the great ruler of Egypt shall fulfill it

15. ....together with us, in each case, even from this day, we will fulfill it, executing the design of alliance. If any enemy shall come to the lands of RAMESSU-MERIAMEN the great ruler of Egypt, and he shall send to the Grand Duke of Kheta saying, Come and give me help against him, then shall the Grand-Duke of Kheta

16. ....the grand-Duke of Kheta to smite the enemy; but if it be that the Grand-Duke of Kheta shall not come (himself), he shall send his infantry and his cavalry... to smite his enemy... of the anger of RAMESSU-MERIAMEN

17. ....the slaves of the gates, and they shall do any damage to him, and he shall go to smite them, then shall the Grand-Duke of Kheta together with...

18. ....to come to help to smite his enemies, if it shall please RAMESSU-MERIAMEN the great ruler of Egypt to go,he shall...

19. ....to return all answer to the land of Kheta. But if the servants of the Grand-Duke of Kheta shall invade him, namely RAMESSU-MERIAMEN ....

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22. from the lands of RAMESSU-MERIAMEN the great ruler of Egypt and they shall come to the Grand-Duke of Kheta, then shall the Grand-Duke of Kheta not receive them, but the Grand-Duke of Kheta shall send them to RA-USER-MA, approved of the Sun, the great ruler of Egypt...

23. ....and they shall come to the land of Kheta to do service to any one, they shall not be added to the land of . Kheta, they shall be given up to RAMESSU-MERIAMEN the great ruler of Egypt. Or if there shall pass over...

24. ....coming from the land of Kheta, and they shall come to RAMESSU-MERIAMEN the great ruler of Egypt, then shall not RA-USER-MA, approved of the Sun, the great ruler of Egypt...

25. ....and they shall come to the land of Egypt to do service of any sort, then shall not RA-USER-MA, approved of the Sun, the great ruler of Egypt, claim them; he shall cause them to be given up to the Grand-Duke of Kheta... .

26. ....the tablet of silver, it is declared by the thousand

gods, the gods male (warriors), the gods female, those which are of the land of Kheta, in concert with the thousand gods, the gods male, the gods female, those which are of the land of Egypt, those...

27. ....SUTECH of Kheta, SUTECH ofthe city ofA.... SUTECH of the city of Taaranta, SUTECH of the city of Pairaka, SUTECH of the city of Khisasap, SUTECH of the city of Sarasu, SUTECH of the city of Khira(bu), SUTECH....

28. ....SUTECH of the city of Sarapaina, ASTARATA of Kheta, the god of Taitatkherri, the god of Ka....

29. ....the goddess of the city of.....the goddess of Tain...., the god of.....

30. of the hills of the rivers of the land of Kheta, the gods of the land of Kheta, the gods of the land of Tawatana, AMEN the Sun, SuTEcH, the gods male, the gods female, of the hills, the rivers of the land of Egypt, the... the the great sea, the winds, the clouds. These words

31. which are on the tablet of silver of the land of Kheta, and of the land of Egypt, Whosoever shall not observe them, the thousand gods of the land of Kheta, in concert with the thousand gods of the land of Egypt shall be (against) his house, his family, his servants. But whosoever shall observe these words which are in the tablet of silver, be he of Kheta....

32. ....the thousand gods of the land of Kheta, in concert with the thousand gods of the land of Egypt shall give health, shall give life to his (family) together with . himself together with his servants. If there shall pass over one man of the (land of Egypt) or two, or three

33. (and they shall go to the land of Kheta then shall the Grand-Duke of Kheta cause them to be) given up again to RA-USER-MA, approved of the Sun, the great ruler of Egypt, but whosoever shall be given up to RAMESSU-MERIAMEN, the great ruler of Egypt,

34. let not his crime be set up against him let not... himself, his wives, his children...... If there shall pass over a man from the land of Kheta be it one only be it two, be it three, and they come to RA-USER-MA, approved of the Sun

35. the great ruler of Egypt let RAMESSU-MERIAMEN the great ruler of Egypt seize (them and cause them to be) given up to the Grand-Duke of Kheta (but whosoever shall be delivered up... ) himself his wives, his children, moreover let him not be smitten to death, moreover let him not (suffer ?)

36. in his eyes, in his mouth, in his feet, moreover let not any crime be set up against him. That which is upon the tablet of silver upon its front side is the likness of the figure of SUTECH... of SUTECH the great ruler of heaven, the director of the Treaty made by KHETAsIRA the great ruler

37. of Kheta...

38. ....