ABSTRACT
Communications between the Great Kings were characterized by effusive expressions of the love of one royal brother for another, by declarations of heartfelt concern for the health and well-being of a royal brother’s entire establishment, beginning with his family and extending to his magnates, his horses, his chariots and indeed to all the lands over which he held sway. By the Amarna period ‘love’ had become a regular part of the terminology of international diplomacy 1
