The cuneiform inscription on this clay tablets narrates the treaty between king Idmiri of Alalakh (Tell Atchana) and Pillia of Kizzuwatna (Cilicia). It concerns the capture and transportation of escaped slaves. There is also a reference to Idrimi's overlord, the Mittanian king Paratarna. From Tell Atchana, in South-Eastern Turkey. Hittite period, c. 1480 BCE. (The British Museum, London).
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