A history of Babylon from the foundation of the monarchy to the Persian conquest . verlapping curls, which form a diapered pattern traced withthe point. Tins can only l)e detected on the original stone, or in a large-sizephotograph, such as that reproduced by Puchstein, up. cif., pi. 19. The RoyalGateway is in the corner of the city, near the palace and the smallertemples. The great temple, by far the largest building on the site, lies onthe lower ground to the north. 234 HISTORY OF BABYLON force and returned to his mountain ftistness of Khatti,laden with spoil and leading two JNlitannian
A history of Babylon from the foundation of the monarchy to the Persian conquest . verlapping curls, which form a diapered pattern traced withthe point. Tins can only l)e detected on the original stone, or in a large-sizephotograph, such as that reproduced by Puchstein, up. cif., pi. 19. The RoyalGateway is in the corner of the city, near the palace and the smallertemples. The great temple, by far the largest building on the site, lies onthe lower ground to the north. 234 HISTORY OF BABYLON force and returned to his mountain ftistness of Khatti,laden with spoil and leading two JNlitannian princes ascaptives in his train. On the accession of xVkhenaten,Shubbiluliunia wrote him a letter of congratulation;but, when the Syrian prince Aziru acknowledged thesuzerainty of Egypt, Shubbiluliuma defeated him andlaid the whole of Northern Syria under tribute, subse-quently confirming his possession of the country bytreaty with Egypt. Jhe state of INlitanni, too, sub-mitted to Shubbiluliumas dictation, for, on the murderof its powerful king Dushratta, he espoused the cause. Fig. section of the loweb westers gateway at khatti. The diagram, based on the conjectural restoration, indicates the massiveconstruction of the gate-house, and the manner in which both it and the wallwere adapted to the rising ground. The passage-way along the battlements musthave passed through the towers. [After Puchstein.] of Mattiuaza, whom he restored to his fathers throneafter marrying him to his daughter. We have recoveredthe text of his treaty with Mitanni, and it reflects thedespotic power of the Hittite king at this time. Refer-ring to himself in the third person he says, The greatking, for the sake of his daughter, gave the country ofMitanni a new Ufe. ^ It was not until the reign of INIursil, a younger sonof Shubbiluliuma, that the Hittite empire came intoarmed conflict with Egypt. A change of dynasty in 1 Cf. Wiuckler, Mitteil. d. Deutsch. Orient-Gesellschaft, No. 35, p. 36
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