Adapted from the list of wedding gifts that Tushratta, king of Mittani, gave to Amenhotep III, as dowry for princess Tadu-Hepa. From the Amarna letter EA22 (The El-Amarna Correspondence. A New Edition... p. 160-183). Modified as needed...
- Whip, overlaid with 5 shekels of gold. A large banded agate is inserted into the pommel. A banded agate seal is strung on it.
- Horse adornments, genuine banded agates mounted on gold: 88 stones per string. 44 shekels worth of gold.
- Set of bronze torques.
- 12 good, sharp arrows.
- Iron-bladed dagger; its haft decorated with ebony calf figurines, overlaid with gold; the pommel is of a precious stone. 6 shekels of gold has been used on it.
- Longbow, overlaid with 4 shekels of gold.
- Iron mace, overlaid with 15 shekels of gold.
- Pair of gloves, trimmed with red wool.
- Two multicolored shirts.
- Horse-shaped bottle, made of iron, with eagles of gold and genuine lapis lazuli as inlays. 300 shekels in weight.
- Golden fly whisk (3 shekels in weight), along with its linen cloth.
- Hand-bracelet, of iron overlaid with gold, adorned with lapis lazuli bird inlays. 6 shekels of gold has been used on it.
- Necklace with 35 genuine lapis lazuli stones, 35 dark red translucent stones, and one genuine banded agate in the center; all mounted on gold with a reddish tinge.
- Head-binding, of gold, twisted like a torque. 14 shekels in weight.
- Spoon, overlaid with lapis lazuli and dark red stones; its handle – an alabaster female figurine, with lapis lazuli inlays. 6 shekels of gold used on it.
- Pair of leather shoes, studded with gold ornaments. Its buttons are of a translucent dark red stone. 13 shekels of gold have been used on them.
- Pair of shoes, of blue-purple wool. Ornaments of gold and a genuine lapis lazuli inlay in the center. 4 shekels of gold.
- Garment of blue-purple wool, Hurrian-style, for the city.
- City shirt, Tukriš style, and a pair of red wool sashes.
- Spear of bronze, with a double overlay of gold (10 shekels worth).
- Helmet container, of malachite, overlaid with 4 shekels of gold.
- Plaque with winged disks and Deluge monsters, of ebony, overlaid with 30 shekels of gold.
- Set of salt containers, in the shape of bull-calves and lions, of a dark red stone.
- Silver brazier, 66 shekels in weight.
- Ebony chest without a lid, adorned with a winged disk and overlaid with 2 shekels of gold and 40 shekels of silver.
- Colored loincloth.
- Pair of wool leggings.
- Stone container, with myrrh-scented oil.
- 20 arrows to be shot flaming.
- Shield, its middle overlaid with 10 shekels of silver.
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