Autor: Damian Szymon Nitecki
Traktat Asarhaddona z Baalem z Tyru z 675 r. p.n.e.
Wystawienie traktatu Asarhaddona z Baalem z Tyru [Inskrypcje Asarhaddona: K 3500 + K 4444 + K 10235 (Niniwa, Assyria)] jest datowane na 675 r. p.n.e. Obecnie znajduje się w British Museum w Londynie.
Został odkryty w Bibliotece Aszurbanipala. Pierwszy fragment K 3500 został opublikowany w połowie XIX wieku. Został zidentyfikowany przez Hugo Wincklera w jego „Altorientalische Forschungen”, II („Starożytne badania bliskowschodnie”) w 1898 r. Traktat był częścią dużej, dwukolumnowej tabliczki zawierającej opis podboju Eber Nari przez Esarhaddona. Zgodnie z postanowieniami traktatu, Esarhaddon powierzył Baalowi kilka osad, w tym Akko, Dor i Byblos.
Tłumaczenie inskrypcji na język angielski:
„Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, these cities which… The royal deputy whom I have appointed over you, … the elders of your country, … the royal deputy … with them … the ships … do not listen to him, do not … without the royal deputy; nor must you open a letter which I send you without the presence of the royal deputy. If the royal deputy is absent, wait for him and then open it, do not… If a ship of Ba’al or of the people of Tyre (KUR.ṣur-ri) is shipwrecked off the coast of the land of Pilistu (KUR.pi-lis-ti) or anywhere on the borders of Assyrian territory, everything that is on the ship belongs to Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, but one must not do any harm to any person on board ship, they should list their names and inform the king of Assyria… These are the ports of trade and the trade roads which Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, granted to his servant Ba’al; toward Akko (URU.a-ku-u), Dor (URU.du-uʾ-ri), in the entire district of Pilistu (KUR.pi-lis-te), and in all the cities within Assyrian territory, on the seacoast, and in Byblos (URU.gu-ub-lu), across the Lebanon (KUR.lab-na-[na]), all the cities in the mountains, all the cities of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, which Esarhaddon, king of Assyria gave to Ba’al …, to the people of Tyre (KUR.ṣur-ri), in their ships or all those who cross over, in the towns of Ba’al, his towns, his manors, his wharves, which …, to …, as many as lie in the outlying regions, as in the past … they…, nobody should harm their ships. Inland, in his district, in his manors…”.
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Traktat Asarhaddona z Baalem z Tyru z 675 r. p.n.e.
