However, this is obviously not the full picture. A majority of the texts have nothing to do with the military side of Hittite life and provide a more balanced view of life and society. The archived tablets are in no fewer than eight languages. There are testaments that record kings' speeches and provide rare glimpses into the actual personalities and emotions of Hittite kings, appeals from Egyptian wives to Hittite kings in times of great tragedy, descriptions of strict conditions of hygiene that kept subjects far from kings and their nearest relations, duties and regulations for reporting
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