Amarna letter EA 289, titled: "A Reckoning Demanded," is a moderately tall, finely-inscribed clay tablet letter, approximately 6.5 in tall, from Abdi-Heba...
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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 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 366 is from the king of Gath (Šuwardata) to the king of Egypt. The letter (part of the Amarna letters correspondence) reports of the king...
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("City-Peace"). Amarna letter EA 290, like Amarna letter EA 285 (The Soldier-Ruler of Jerusalem) are short "texts" compared to the long involved letters of EA 286...
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Amarna letter EA 299, titled: "A Plea for Help", is a fairly short clay tablet Amarna letter from "governor" Yapahu of city-state Gazru. The clay tablet...
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Amarna letter EA 75, titled: "Political Chaos", is a short to moderate length letter from Rib-Hadda, who wrote the largest number of Amarna letters in...
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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 letter EA 271, titled: "The Power of the 'Apiru," is a moderately short, tallish, rectangular clay tablet letter, approximately 3 in wide x 4 in...
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Amarna letter EA 254, titled: "Neither Rebel nor Delinquent (2)", is a moderate length, tall, and mostly flat rectangular clay tablet Amarna letter, (see...
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Amarna letter EA 288, titled Benign Neglect, is a tall, finely-inscribed clay tablet letter, approximately 7.5 in tall x 4.5 in wide, broken into two...
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Amarna letter EA 286, titled: "A Throne Granted, Not Inherited," is a tall, finely-inscribed clay tablet letter, approximately 8 in tall, and 3.5 in wide...
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Akkadian amāru, for "to see"), and an example letter of the Amarna letters being Amarna letter EA 289. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mur (cuneiform)...
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Amarna letter EA 100, titled: "The City of Irqata to the King" is a short-, to moderate-length clay tablet Amarna letter from the city-state of Irqata...
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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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Pawura (category Amarna letters officials)
1350–1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. As mentioned in letter no. 171, he was also an Egyptian "archer–commander". In letter no. 289 he is called...
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Meš (section Amarna letter types by letter)
capital letter Sumerograms with a period. The name of the group can follow, in lower case letters, for example: (men-massu, Amarna letter EA 365), LÚ...
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Rubutu (category Amarna letters locations)
382–letter, Amarna letters corpus. The reference to Rubutu is found in 2 letters of Abdi-Heba of Jerusalem, EA 289, and 290, (EA for 'el Amarna'). They...
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Milkilu (category Amarna letters writers)
EA 289 EA 290 EA 249 makes it clear that Milki-ili was the son-in-law of Tagi (known from Amarna Letters sent from Ginti-Kirmil (EA 264, EA 264, EA 266)...
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Machine; Judges 19:10 ) Urusalim e.g. in EA 289:014, Urušalim e.g. in EA 287:025. Transcription online at "The El Amarna Letters from Canaan". Tau.ac.il. Retrieved...
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Yanhamu (category Amarna letters officials)
Egyptian commissioner of the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Yanhamu is referenced in 16 of the 60–letter "Rib-Hadda of Gubla"-(Byblos) sub-corpus...
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Addaya (category Amarna letters officials)
time period. Addaya is only referenced in four EA Amarna letters (EA for 'el Amarna'). He is in letter EA 254, no. 3 of 3 by Labaya, the person who was...
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Pirissi and Tulubri (category Amarna letters officials)
are referenced in Amarna letters EA 27, 28, and EA 29, (EA for 'el Amarna'). Queen Tiye of the letter is the Great Royal Wife of Amenhotep III-(Akhenaten's...
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Abdi-Heba (category Amarna letters writers)
ISBN 0-684-86912-8 p. 239 EA 179. EA 179–83. EA 182 William L. Moran, The Amarna Letters, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press (1992), pp. 327–28 EA 179. Moran...
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return to me.'" The Assyrian king joins the "Great Powers' Club" (Amarna letter EA 15) The agents who conducted relations between royal courts were the...
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the author is stated to be Amenemope, son of Amenemope. Letter EA 81 Lorenz, Megaera. "The Amarna Letters". Penn State site. Archived from the original...
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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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Ugarit (category Amarna letters locations)
12th century BC. A tablet from the 14th century BC found in the Amarna archives, EA 89, Rib-Hadda of Byblos likening the palace at Tyre to the grandeur...
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and Middle East ʿAin Ghazal statue Amarna letter EA 362 Amarna letter EA 364 Amarna letter EA 365 Amarna letter EA 367 Assyrian lion weights Baal with...
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2023-09-18. Glassner (1993, pp. 170–178, 223–227) Grayson (1987) Amarna Letters, EA 1 & EA 15. Beckman (1999, pp. 132–137) Slanski (2003a) Charpin (2004...
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