Satatna, or Sitatna, and also Šutatna/''Shutatna''-(of a

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ian letter of

Burna-Buriash Burna-Buriaš II, rendered in cuneiform as ''Bur-na-'' or ''Bur-ra-Bu-ri-ia-aš'' in royal inscriptions and letters, and meaning ''servant'' or ''protégé of the Lord of the lands'' in the Kassite language, where Buriaš (, dbu-ri-ia-aš₂) is a ...

), was a 'Mayor'/Ruler of

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, or '' Acco'', modern

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, during the 1350–1335 BC

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correspondence. Satatna was the author of three letters to the

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pharaoh Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian: ''pr ꜥꜣ''; cop, , Pǝrro; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') is the vernacular term often used by modern authors for the kings of ancient Egypt who ruled as monarchs from the First Dynasty (c. 3150 BC) until the an ...

, letters EA 233–235, (EA for 'el

Amarna Amarna (; ar, العمارنة, al-ʿamārnah) is an extensive Egyptian archaeological site containing the remains of what was the capital city of the late Eighteenth Dynasty. The city was established in 1346 BC, built at the direction of the Ph ...

'). He is referenced in another minor

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letter of Ruler: " Bayadi of Syria", and he is also referred to in EA 8, by

as ''"..Šutatna, the son of Šaratum-( Surata) of Akka..."'' A list of Satatna authored letters is as follows: :#EA 233—title: ''"Work in progress"'' :#EA 234—title: ''"Like Magdalu in

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"''. See: commissioner:

Šuta Šuta, (''"Shuta"''), was an Egyptian commissioner of the 1350– 1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. The name ''Šuta'' is a hypocoristicon-(nickname/petname) for the Ancient Egyptian god Seth, (Seth being the "God of the Desert", and an ' ...

. :#EA 235—title: ''"An order for glass"''

Satatna's Amarna letters

EA 233, "Work in progress"

:Say to the king,

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the Sun from he sky Message of ''Satatna'' the ruler of

, your servant, the servant of the king and the dirt at his feet and the ground on which he treads, I prostrate myself at the feet of the king, my lord, my god, the Sun from the sky, 7 times and 7 times, both on the stomach and on the back. He is obeying what the king, my lord, has written to his servant, and preparing everything that my lord ''has order d'. —EA 233, lines 1-20 (complete)

EA 234, "Like Magdalu in
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See: Egyptian commissioner:

EA 235, "An order for glass"

:Say to the king, my lord, my Sun, my god, the Sun from the sky: Message of ''Sitatna'', your servant, the dirt at your feet. (I pr)ostrate myself at the feet of the king, my lord, my Sun, my god, 7 times and 7 times. ((at the feet of the king, my lord))-(emphasis-?). have obeyed the rers of the king's comm ssioner to me, to guard the citie fr the king, my lord. I have guarded very carefully. M reover the king, my lord has wri tento me for ''glass'', ndI herewith send 50 (units), 'their''weight-(i.e. I herewith send: "50–weight"), to the king, my lord. —EA 235 (join of EA 327), lines 1-21 (complete)-(Note: reduces 382 Amarna letters to 381 (!)) See:

Pu-Ba'lu Pu-Ba'lu, (another spelling, also Pu-Bahla) was ruler/mayor of Yursa, (a city/city-state in Canaan(?)), identified with Tell Jemmeh, of the 1350– 1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. His name translates in west semitic as well as in Akkadian ...

for another letter concerning ''glass''-(EA 314, ''"A shipment of glass"''). Also see:

Yidya Yidya, and also Idiya, was the Canaanite mayor/ruler of ancient Ašqaluna/Ashkelon in the 1350- 1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Yidya is mainly referenced in the Amarna letters corpus, in his own letters: EA 320–326, (EA for 'el Am ...

, letter EA 323, "A royal order for glass".

References

* Moran, William L. ''The Amarna Letters.''

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Press, 1987, 1992. (softcover, ) Amarna letters writers 14th-century BC Phoenician people 14th-century BC rulers Phoenicians in the Amarna letters {{AncientEgypt-stub

Satatna's Amarna letters

EA 233, "Work in progress"

EA 234, "Like Magdalu in Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ..."

EA 235, "An order for glass"

See also

References

EA 234, "Like Magdalu in
Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
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