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    Amarna letter EA 245, titled: "Assignment of Guilt," is a medium length clay tablet Amarna letter from Biridiya the governor-'mayor' of Magidda. It is...
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    Amarna letter EA 19 is a tall clay tablet letter of 13 paragraphs, in relatively pristine condition, with some minor flaws on the clay, but a complete...
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    Amarna letter EA 15, titled Assyria Joins the International Scene, is a shorter-length clay tablet Amarna letter from Ashur-uballit I of the Land of Assyria...
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    Amarna letter EA 325, titled: "Preparations Completed (2)," is a shorter-length clay tablet Amarna letter from Yidya the governor-'mayor' of Ašqaluna...
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    Amarna letter EA 362, titled: "A Commissioner Murdered," is a finely-inscribed clay tablet letter from Rib-Haddi, the mayor/'man' of the city of Byblos...
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    Amarna letters (/əˈmɑːrnə/; sometimes referred to as the Amarna correspondence or Amarna tablets, and cited with the abbreviation EA, for "El Amarna")...
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    Amarna letter EA 26, titled To the Queen Mother: Some Missing Gold Statues, is a shorter-length clay tablet Amarna letter from Tushratta of Mittani. Unlike...
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    Amarna letter EA 158, titled: "Father and Son", is a moderate length letter from Aziru, the leader of the region of Amurru. The letter is written to the...
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    Labaya (category Amarna letters writers)
    Amarna Period (c. 1350 BC). He lived contemporaneously with Pharaoh Akhenaten. Labaya is mentioned in several of the Amarna Letters (abbreviated "EA"...
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  • Rib-Hadda of Gubla–(Byblos). EA is for 'el Amarna'. List of letters: EA 201–206. Actually authored by the same scribe. Also scribed EA 195, See: Prostration...
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    Biridiya (category Amarna letters writers)
    the Pharaoh, but he received a randsom and released Labaya (EA 245). In Egypt, the Amarna Archive (c. 1350 BC) contained letters authored by Biridya....
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    order). Amarna letter EA 245 Amarna letter EA 252 Amarna letter EA 282 Amarna letter EA 287 Amarna letter EA 364 Amarna letter EA 365 Amarna letter EA 147—(which...
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    the Amarna letters using the Sumerogram are EA 86, EA 153, EA 149, EA 245, and EA 364. Amarna letter EA 86 Amarna letter EA 153 Amarna letter EA 245 Parpola...
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    Kemp, Barry John (2015). "The Amarna Royal Tombs at Amarna" (PDF). Akhetaten Sun. Vol. 21, no. 2. Denver, Colorado: Amarna Research Foundation. pp. 2–13...
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  • Hannathon (category Amarna letters locations)
    Hinnatuna is referenced in 2 Amarna letters, EA 8, and EA 245 ('EA' stands for 'El Amarna'). Amarna letter EA 8 is a letter to Pharaoh by Burna-Buriash...
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    Tel Hanaton (category Amarna letters locations)
    city of 'Hinnatuna of Canaan', and asks him to take measures. Amarna letter EA 245 is a letter to Pharaoh from Biridiya, a local ruler. It concerns a certain...
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  • Milkilu (category Amarna letters writers)
    Hebrews). He is known from several letter in that Amarna Archive. There is one letter from the King of Egypt to Milki-ilu (EA 369), there are five letters from...
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    Amarna letters were sent to pharaoh Amenhotep III (including EA 19 and EA 23) and four to pharaoh Akhenaten (including EA 27). A single Amarna letter...
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  • Abimilki (category Amarna letters writers)
    Amarna letters correspondence (1360–1332 BC). He is the author of ten letters to the Egyptian pharaoh, EA 146–155 (EA for 'el Amarna'). In letter EA 147...
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    Tel Lachish (category Amarna letters locations)
    Tell el-Hesy. Also an original attempt of the only el Amarna letter found at site, Amarna Letters, EA 333. A Mound of Many Cities; or Tell El Hesy Excavated...
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  • Yabitiri (category Amarna letters writers)
    1350–1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. The city he represented is in proximity to the two cities mentioned in his only Amarna letter, EA 296, (EA for 'el...
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    HA-(2), KU6-(4). Selected Amarna letter usage by type, with some explanation of the letter texts: Type I EA 153, 153:6 EA 256, 256:28, city: URU-Ha-Ya-uN...
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    sign, (and its Sumerograms), has many uses in both the 14th century BC Amarna letters and the Epic of Gilgamesh; also other texts, for example Hittite...
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    (also sú, ṣú, and Sumerogram ZU (capital letter majuscule)), is an uncommon-use sign in the 1350s BC Amarna letters, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and other...
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    of the Amarna letters, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and other cuneiform texts (for example Hittite texts). It has a common secondary use in the Amarna letters...
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    the Amarna letters use glossenkeils, of two varieties: type 1: 𒃵, and type 2: (gl (AL)). Type 2 is found in example letters: EA 364, EA 245, and EA 287...
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    Salhi (region) (category Amarna letters locations)
    Amarna letters correspondence of 1350–1335 BC. The region of Salhi is referenced in only one letter of the Amarna letters corpus, that of EA 126, (EA...
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    metal, and other trade goods. In Amarna Letter EA 232, Surata (msu₂-ra-ta) is the Man of Akka (LU₂ uruak-ka). The letter is sent to the King of Egypt, and...
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    Prettejohn 2006, p. 241. Winkler 2018, p. 249. Winkler 2018, pp. 244–245. Winkler 2018, pp. 245–249. Bonazzoli & Robecchi 2014, p. 32. Havelock 1995, pp. 95–96...
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  • SCM Press, 1977 says, 'Recently, Na'aman [Nadav Na'aman. "Sennacherib's 'Letter to God' on His Campaign to Judah", BASOR CCXIV (1974) 25–39] has shown conclusively...
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