This concludes the sum of 176 letters from Palestine, the translation of which has occupied me for nearly two years. I have no doubt that it may be improved upon in detail; but the general results seem to be too well corroborated, by comparison of the numerous epistles, which throw light on one another, to admit of any very important changes.
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)