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By William L. Moran
An historical inscription pointed out a number of the ruins at el Amarna as "The position of the Letters of the Pharaoh." came upon there, circa 1887, have been approximately 400 cuneiform pills containing correspondence of the Egyptian courtroom with rulers of neighboring states within the mid-fourteenth century B.C. prior translations of those letters have been either incomplete and mirrored a less than perfect knowing of the Babylonian dialects within which they have been written. William Moran dedicated a life of learn to the Amarna letters to organize this authoritative English translation.
The letters offer a brilliant checklist of high-level diplomatic exchanges that, by way of smooth criteria, are usually under diplomatic. An Assyrian ruler complains that the Egyptian king's most modern reward of gold was once now not even enough to pay the price of the messengers who introduced it. The king of Babylon refuses to offer his daughter in marriage to the pharaoh with no first having facts that the king's sister―already one of many pharaoh's many wives―is nonetheless alive and good. The king of Karaduniyash complains that the Egyptian court docket has "detained" his messenger―for the earlier six years. And Egyptian vassal Rib-Hadda, writing from the besieged port of Byblos, many times calls for army information for his urban or, failing that, an Egyptian send to allow his personal escape.
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Porada, AfO 28 (1981-82) p. 7, n. ). Tusratta, therefore, gave only jewelry. 19. Lit. " Since Burna-Burias hardly wishes to say that the gifts will come from others' houses, the suffix must refer to the indefinite plural subject of the verb. 20. ki-Ia (klJa): see the dictionaries; for its influence on tenses, see Aro, StOr 20, p. 83. 2 I. [10 I}a-ar-ru-um-ma: the asseverative Iart'umma (Knudtzon) fits the context perfectly (originally, "by the king"; S. Parpola, AOAT 5/2, p. 97) and implies a small number in the break (IO is only a guess); cf.
I throne, overlaid with gold and Jabpu. 2 chairs, overlaid with gold. I chair ... }. [. } ... of Canaan. [x hand-bracelets), of "sun" -stone; puati is its nameY [hand-bracelets}, their [ ... }, of gold; puati is its name. [ }overlaid with gold. V [ } [To}ta[1 of all the gold}: 1200 mi[nas, x] shekels of gold. 35 I [large} measuring-ves[sel, of silver}. 3 [large} washing-bowls, of s[ilver}. I [large} mabru, rolf silver. 33 I (vessel called) "large," o[f silver}, its [han}dles 0[/ . 34 10 goblets, of sil[ver ...
Do not send here some other [mag}nate. The princess [on} whose [he}ad oil [has been poured} should not delay here by me. 15 Send them so (they can take her) immediate[ly}. " That neighboring kings might hear it said, "The go[ld is much. Amongl'? the kings there are brotherhood, amity, peace, and [good} relations," [he} was rich in stones, rich in silver, rich in [gold}. 20 24-34 I s[end} 10 lumps of genuine I lapis lazuli as your greetinggift, and to the mistress of the house [I send} 20 "crickets" of genuine lapis lazuli.