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The Amarna letters (/ ə ˈ m ɑːr n ə /; sometimes referred to as the Amarna correspondence or Amarna tablets, and cited with the abbreviation EA, for "El Amarna") are an archive, written on clay tablets, primarily consisting of diplomatic correspondence between the Egyptian administration and its representatives in Canaan and Amurru, or ...
The letter includes the information: [5] My daughters who are married to neighbouring kings, if my messengers go there they speak with them, they send me a greeting gift. But the one with you is poor. The letter in its entirety is translated as (text in italics, apart from the address, is taken from the Moran translation, plain text from Rainey ...
Amarna letter EA 286, titled: "A Throne Granted, Not Inherited," [1] is a tall, finely-inscribed clay tablet letter, approximately 8 in tall, and 3.5 in wide, from Abdi-Heba the mayor/ruler of Jerusalem, of the mid-14th-century BC Amarna letters. The scribe of his six letters to Egypt were penned by the "Jerusalem scribe"; EA 286 is a ...
The Amarna letters, about 300, numbered up to EA 382, are a mid 14th century BC, around 1360 BC and 30–35 years later, correspondence. The initial corpus of letters were found at Akhenaten 's city Akhetaten , in the floor of the Bureau of Correspondence of Pharaoh ; others were later found, adding to the body of letters.
EA 288, from Abdi-Heba, letter 4 of 6 from Jerusalem. (very high-resolution expandable photo) Amarna letter EA 287, titled: "A Very Serious Crime," [1] is a tall, finely-inscribed clay tablet letter, approximately 8 in tall, from Abdi-Heba the mayor/ruler of Jerusalem, of the mid 14th century BC Amarna letters.
Amarna letter EA 252, titled: Sparing One's Enemies, [1] is a square, mostly flat clay tablet letter written on both sides, and the bottom edge. Each text line was written with a horizontal line scribed below the text line, as well as a vertical left margin-line, (beginning of text at left) scribe line on the obverse of the tablet.
Amarna letter EA 288, titled Benign Neglect, [1] is a tall, finely-inscribed clay tablet letter, approximately 7.5 in tall x 4.5 in wide, broken into two pieces, from Abdi-Heba the mayor/ruler of Jerusalem, of the mid 14th century BC Amarna letters.
This letter is known to be concerning, A Proposal of Marriage. The letter is part of a series of correspondences from Babylonia to Egypt, which run from EA2 to EA4 and EA6 to EA14. EA1 and EA5 are from Egypt to Babylonia. [1] [2] The composition of the matter of the tablet onto which the letter is inscribed is clay taken from the Euphrates. [3]