Amarna letter EA 156, titled: ''"Aziru of Amurru"'',
Moran, William L.
William Lambert Moran (August 11, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American Assyriologist. He was born in Chicago, United States.
In 1939, Moran joined the Jesuit order. He then attended Loyola University in Chicago, where he received his ...
1987, 1992. ''The Amarna Letters.'' EA 156, ''"Aziru of Amurru"'', p. 242. is a very short letter from
Aziru, the leader of the region of
Amurru. EA 156 is the first letter in a series of 16 letters regarding Aziru.
In synopsis, the 16 letters talk of servitude to the
Pharaoh:
*The development of a city;
*The desire to visit
Egypt, by Aziru (or his son);
*The warfare 2 days distant in
Nuhasse by the kings of the region;
*The continued sending and receiving of
messenger
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s.
*A letter to Aziru, when visiting Egypt.
*A final conditions letter (players and regions).
The
Amarna letters
The Amarna letters (; 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 t ...
, about 300, numbered up to EA 382, are a mid 14th century BC, about
1360 BC and 20–25 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.
Letter EA 156 (also see here-(Obverse)
, is numbered VAT 337, from the
Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin.
Summary of the Aziru letters sub-corpus
:1) EA 156, Aziru to Pharaoh #1
:2)
EA 157, Aziru to Pharaoh #2
:3)
EA 158, Aziru to
Dudu #1
:4)
EA 159, Aziru to Pharaoh #2
:5)
EA 160, Aziru to Pharaoh #3
:6)
EA 161, Aziru to Pharaoh #5
:7)
EA 162, Pharaoh to Amurru Prince
:8)
EA 163, Pharaoh to..
:9)
EA 164, Aziru to
Dudu #2
:10)
EA 165, Aziru to Pharaoh #6
:11)
EA 166, Amurru king Aziru to
Haay
:12)
EA 167, Amurru king Aziru to (to
Haay #2?)
:13)
EA 168, Aziru to Pharaoh #7
:14)
EA 169, Amurru son of Aziru to an Egyptian official
:15)
EA 170,
Ba-Aluia &
Battilu
:16)
EA 171, Amurru son of Aziru to an Egyptian official
The letter
EA 156: ''"Aziru in Amurru"''
EA 156, letter number one of a series of 15 (2 from the
Pharaoh), from
Aziru of the
Amurru kingdom. (Not a linear, line-by-line translation.)
''Obverse'' (See here
:(Lines 1-3)—To the king, my lord, my god, my
n: Message of
Aziru, your servant. I fall at the feet of my lord 7 times and 7 times.
:(4-8)—Now as to a(ny) request that the Sun, my lord, makes, I am
or servant forever, and my sons are your servants.
:(9-14)—I herewith give ''
my
My or MY may refer to:
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* My (radio station), a Malaysian radio station
* Little My, a fictional character in the Moomins universe
* ''My'' (album), by Edyta Górniak
* ''My'' (EP), by Cho Mi-yeon
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' sons as 2 ''att
ndants''
1 and they are to do what ''the k
ng, my lord'' orders. But let him leave
ein
Amurru.
2–(complete EA 156, with minor
lacunae restored, lines 1-14)
''Reverse'' (the Reverse is not inscribed; see here
See also
*
Amarna letters–phrases and quotations
*
List of Amarna letters by size
External links
Line drawing of EA 156, Obverse & ReverseLine Drawing, cuneiform, and Akkadian, EA 156: Obverse & Reverse
CDLI no. P271199 (''Chicago Digital Library Initiative'')
from the Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin (''Reference:'' EA 156)
CDLI listing of all EA Amarna letters, 1-382
References
*Moran, William L.
William Lambert Moran (August 11, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American Assyriologist. He was born in Chicago, United States.
In 1939, Moran joined the Jesuit order. He then attended Loyola University in Chicago, where he received his ...
''The Amarna Letters.'' Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. (softcover, )
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