LETTERS OF THE PEACE 37

12. Kallimasin of Babylonia.

Beside the alliance with Mitani, the north-
western end of Mesopotamia nearest to Asia
Minor, there was a similar alliance with
Southern Mesopotamia or Babylonia, then
known as Karduniyash. The successive
kings of this region were Karaindash, Kalli-
masin, Kurigalzu, and Burnaburyash, who is
the best known.

(13) NIBMUARIA to KALLIMA-SIN, king of
Karduniyash. N. (Amenhotep III.) had
asked for a princess from K. But K. com-
plained that his sister, who had been given
to N. by K.'s father, had not been seen
again. N. complains that K. never sent a
messenger who could recognize his sister.
Riqa, the messenger of Zaqara, was sent.
K. complained that his messengers could
not tell if the queen shown to them was
a daughter of a beggar, or of Gagaia, or
Khanigalbat, or Ugarit But if K. doubts
in this way, does he demand likewise tokens
from all the other kings to whom his
daughters are married ? And N. is angry
that K.'s messengers complain about not
receiving gifts, when they always have
presents given to them. N. asks that the
messengers be not believed, as they plot
treachery. K. said that N. had put his