found. Five gems of "stone of the great light" (perhaps diamonds)
follow, with ornaments for the head and feet, and a number of bronze
objects, and harness for chariots. Boxes of strong wood to contain
treasures follow next, and apparently a collar with disks and carved
lions, objects of silver and gold and strong wood, bronze ornaments for
horses. The last noticed objects may be written tablets, including some on
the ritual of the gods.

25 B.--A list similar to the last, perhaps part of the same inventory, as
it includes women's ornaments. The tablet is much injured. The objects
noticed include an earring with gems, and others of gold, with a large
number of precious stones, a necklace with 122 gems set in gold, including
"green stones"; bracelets and anklets of solid gold with jewels: an
umbrella adorned with gold: boxes to hold treasures, and numerous objects
of silver: horns of the wild bull, and wooden objects adorned with gold:
cups of gold adorned with gems: other bracelets and anklets of gold with
pendants and stars of jewels: a pair of gold earrings with pendants and
stars of precious stones: silver anklets for women, and earrings with gold
pendants. In each case the weight of gold and the numbers of the gems are
stated.

These inventories of Tadukhipa's marriage outfit show how far advanced was
the civilization of western Asia in the fourteenth century B.C., and
indicate not only the native wealth of gold, silver, copper, and bronze,
from Asia Minor and the Caucasus, but also a trade which brought jade from
central Asia. The art of the age is similar to that of the objects found
at Troy and Mycenae, and represented on the Egyptian bas-reliefs, which
give pictures of the tribute from Phoenicia. From other tablets in the
collection we obtain similar information, including the use of ivory, as
also from the records of tribute to Thothmes III in 1600 B.C.

11 B. M.--"To ... Princess of the Land of _Egypt_(407) thus _Dusratta_ King
of _Mitani_. I am at peace: Peace be to thee.... Peace be to thy son;
peace be to _Tadukhipa_ thy daughter-in-law. To thy land and to all that
is thine be much, much peace.

"Thou hast known of me how I loved _Amenophis III_ thy husband, and
_Amenophis III_ because he was thy husband how he loved me. As for
_Amenophis III_ thy husband he heard what I said; and _Amenophis III_
because he was thy husband, sent messages to me; and what he said to thee
my ... both _Mani_ has known, and