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Description: Copy of the "Zakûtu Treaty", 669 BC, loyalty oath (adê) made at the initiative of the queen dowager Zakûtu (Naqi'a) in order to insure that the Assyrians are going to be loyals towards her grandson Ashurbanipal, when he becomes king after the death of his father Assarhaddon. Excavated in Nineveh. 1883, 0118.045.
Title: Zakutu Treaty
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