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Footnotes

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Mitanni kings bore Hurrian names until they actually ascended to the throne; then they assumed their Indo-Aryan names. A number of Hurrian words dealing with the breeding and training of horses are also Indo-Aryan.

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The Bible records a later exception to this rule: The Israelite king Solomon (c. tenth century B.C.E.) married the daughter of the Egyptian pharaoh (1 Kings: 9:16)

Endnotes

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Trans. by John A. Wilson, in Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament, ed. James B. Pritchard (Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 1969), p. 374.