Egyptian Literature: Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings
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Egyptian Literature: Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings
Egyptian literature -- Translations into English
No. 9 B. M.—“To _Neb-mat-ra_ (Amenophis III) King of _Egypt_ my brother,
by letter, thus _Tuseratta_(365) King of _Mitani_(366) thy brother. I am
at peace. Peace be to thee; to _Gilukhipa_ my sister be peace. To thy
house, thy wives, thy sons, thy lords, thy terrible army, thy horses, thy
chariots, and in thy land, be much peace. Since I have sat on my father’s
throne, and have conquered. But (_Pirkhi?_) made a lawless command in my
land, and smote his Lord; and because of these things, they have striven
to right me, with who so loved us well; and because my land submitted to
this lawless order I was not afraid, but the chiefs who supported
_Artasu-mara_ my brother, with all that were theirs, I slew. As thou wast
well with my father, and because of these things, I send this. I say to
you, as my brother hears, and will rejoice; my father loved thee, and thou
therefore didst love my father; and my father, as he saw this, gave thee
my sister; and now ... as thou wast with my father. When my brother saw
these things, he brought all those in the land of the _Hittites_ as foes
to my land; and _Rimmon_ my Lord gave them to my hand; and I slew him
among them, so that not one returned to his land.(367) Now I have sent
thee a chariot with two horses, a young man and a young woman, of the
spoil of the land of the _Hittites_. I have sent thee, as a present to my
brother, five chariots, and five yoke of horses; and as a present to
_Gilukhipa_(368) my sister, I have sent her (trinkets?) of gold, a pair of
gold earrings, and ... of gold, and goodly stones, each(?). Now _Gilia_, a
prudent man, and _Tunipripi_(369) I send to my brother; speedily let him
reply to me; so I shall hear my brother’s salutation, and shall rejoice.
Let my brother wish me well; and let my brother send envoys: so my
brother’s salutation shall come to me, and I shall hear.”(370)
22 B.—The salutation calls Amenophis III his “kinsman,” but does not name
his sister.
“_Mani_ my brother’s envoy has come to honor me: to take my brother’s wife
the Queen of _Egypt_;(371) and I received the letter that came: I learned
the declaration of his (order?). My heart has been much gladdened by my
brother’s message, as my brother will see; and it rejoiced that day
exceeding much: that day and night they made (rejoicings?).
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