Treaty between Naram-Sin of Akkad and an Elamite Ruler

Naram-Sin of Akkad (Elamite co-signatory usually identified as a ruler of Awan or Susa) · c. 2230s BC (reign of Naram-Sin) · Susa (Iran) · law

The oldest surviving international treaty argues, in an Elamite text sworn to a long list of gods, that even the Akkadian empire's rivals had to be bound by sworn, written obligation rather than force alone.