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Treaty between Šuppiluliuma I and Šattiwaza of Mitanni

Late Bronze Age treaty from Ḫattuša invoking Mitra, Varuna, Indra and the Nāsatyas among the divine witnesses of the Hittite-Mitanni oath.
 
The New Mithraeum
2 Jul 2026
Updated on Jul 2026
During excavations at Boghaz-Koï in 1907 clay tablets were found on which a treaty concluded between Chatti and Mitanni in the 14th century B.C. was recorded. The gods of the two countries are invoked as guardians of this treaty. With the Mitanni a.o. the following names are found (Winckler in MDOG 35, 1907, 51; Vermaseren, Mithras Rome, 1 n. 2):ilâni mi-it-ra-aš-ši-il ilâni u-ru-w-na-aš-ši-el / Variant: a-ru-na-aš-ši-il. / ilu(!)in-dar ilâni na-ša-a[t-ti-ia-a]n-na / Variant: in-da-ra na-š[a]-at-ti-ia-an-na."Also Mithra, Varuna, Indra und eine vierte Gottheit…

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