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sion, he had sent to the Egyptian court, and
demands redress for injuries inflicted on one of
his own subjects. The letter begins : —
" To Naphurnia [the surname of Amenophis
IV.] the great King, the King of Egypt, thus
speaks Burna-buryash, the great King, the King
of Babylonia, thy brother. To me and my
house, to my horses and chariots, to my officers
and my country, may there be abundance of
peace. To my brother and his house, to his
horses and to his chariots, to his officers and his
country, may there be an abundance of peace."
It is to be noticed here that great prominence
was ascribed to horses and chariots because they
were a synonyme for army; yet the one wish
for both nations, even in those warlike times,
was for an " abundance of peace."
Still more interesting is the correspondence of
Dushratta, King of Mitanni. Several of his
letters refer to the marriage of his daughter to
Amenophis III. It was previously known that
this Pharaoh's famous wife, Thi, was an Asiatic
princess. (See Brugsch's Egypt, i. 390.) We
now have an unexpected explanation of the whole
affair, including the details of the wedding and
the settlement of the dowry. Dushratta invari-
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sion, he had sent to the Egyptian court, and
demands redress for injuries inflicted on one of
his own subjects. The letter begins : —
" To Naphurnia [the surname of Amenophis
IV.] the great King, the King of Egypt, thus
speaks Burna-buryash, the great King, the King
of Babylonia, thy brother. To me and my
house, to my horses and chariots, to my officers
and my country, may there be abundance of
peace. To my brother and his house, to his
horses and to his chariots, to his officers and his
country, may there be an abundance of peace."
It is to be noticed here that great prominence
was ascribed to horses and chariots because they
were a synonyme for army; yet the one wish
for both nations, even in those warlike times,
was for an " abundance of peace."
Still more interesting is the correspondence of
Dushratta, King of Mitanni. Several of his
letters refer to the marriage of his daughter to
Amenophis III. It was previously known that
this Pharaoh's famous wife, Thi, was an Asiatic
princess. (See Brugsch's Egypt, i. 390.) We
now have an unexpected explanation of the whole
affair, including the details of the wedding and
the settlement of the dowry. Dushratta invari-