简介:FollowingtherecentpublicationandcriticaldiscussionofseveraltreatiesoftheOldBabylonianperiod,theattentionofOldBabylonianstudieshasbeendrawntotreatytexts.TheearliestpublishedtreatydocumentfromMesopotamia,tomyknowledge,isatreatybetweenthecityofShadlashandthecityofNeribtum,datedtothebeginningoftheOldBabyloniandynasty,publishedandtranslatedbyS.GreengusinOldBabylonianTabletsfromIschchaliandVicinity,1979(hereafter,Greengus).InwhatfollowsIpresentafurtherreadingofthetabletwithcriticalnotesandadetaileddiscussionofitscontents,inordertoattractmoreattentiontothislaconic,difficult(becauseofitsincompletecontext),andinterestingtext.Unlikelatertreatiesbetweentwokings,thistreatywasmadebetweentwocities,althoughtherulersofthecitiesarealsomentionedinthetreaty.