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Brugsch, Heinrich
Egypt under the pharaohs: a history derived entirely from the monuments — London, 1891

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taining of the ' green stone' called maf kat, while an
inscription in the sandstone quarries of Silsilis dates,
from the 1st of Pakhons of the previous year, 35.

A peculiar fate seems to have presided over the
king's nuptial relations; he did not seek his queen
among the fair princesses of his house, but, following
a strong inclination of his heart, chose for his wife
Thi, the daughter of Jua and Thua, who were not
even of Egyptian origin, though their nationality is
unknown.

Arnen-hotep HI. left behind him several children,
some of whose names are preserved by the monu-
ments. We give the following, as determined by
Lepsius: his sons Amen-hotep and Tehuti-mes, and
his daughters Isis, Hent-mi-heb, and Set-Amen. The
last-named was the wife of one of the following
kings.

[In 1888 a number of cuneiform tablets were
found at Tell-el-Amarna in the tomb of a ' royal
scribe' of Amen-hotep HI. and IV. From these we
learn the history of Queen Thi. It appears that she
was the daughter of Tushratta, king of Mitanni
(possibly Mesopotamia); that Amen-hotep III., when on
a hunting expedition in that country, met the princess,
fell in love with her, and in due course made her
his queen. Thi went away to her new home accom-
panied by 317 of her principal ladies. Doubtless it
was from his Semitic mother that Khu-n-aten learnt
the worship of the sun's disk.]
 
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