“Šarru with all his sons;
Tûya;
Lêya with all his sons;
Wišyari with all his sons;
The son-in-law of Mania (or Ma-ili-ia) with his sons, (and) with his wives;
The pa-maḳâ of Ḫanni the pa-itêiu (? messenger) who reads (this) message;
Dâ-šartî; Pâlûma;
Nimmaḫê, the ḳapadu in the land of Amurru.
“ ‘And mayest thou know: well is the king, like the Sun in Heaven; his soldiers and chariots are many. From the upper country as far as the lower country, (from) sunrise as far as sunset (i.e. from the extreme east to the extreme west), great is the prosperity.’ ”
To all appearance Amenophis IV. trusted too much to his own prestige, and that of the country over which he ruled. He was “the son of the Sun,” “like unto the Sun in Heaven,” “the king at the sight of whom all the lands live,” and naturally took it for granted that he was everywhere looked upon with the same veneration as in his own country.