Šatiya, also ''Satiya'', or ''Shatiya'' was the ruler-'mayor' of
Enišasi
Enišasi, was a city, or city-state located in the Beqaa Valley-(called ''Amqu'', or ''Amka'') of Lebanon, during the 1350- 1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Of the 382–Amarna letters, Enišasi is only referenced in two letters. Eniša ...
, during 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 ...
period of
1350–
1335 BC. In the entire
correspondence of 382–letters, his name is only referenced in his own letter to the
Ancient Egyptian
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 th ...
, EA 187, (
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 ...
'). Šatiya's city/
city-state
A city-state is an independent sovereign city which serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life over its contiguous territory. They have existed in many parts of the world since the dawn of history, including cities such as ...
of Enišasi is only referenced in one other letter, authored by another mayor of Enišasi,
Abdi-Riša
Abdi-Riša was a ruler-'mayor' of Enišasi, during the period of the Amarna letters correspondence (1350–1335 BC). Another mayor of Enišasi, Šatiya, is found in the Amarna letters corpus. The name "Abdi-Riša" means ''"servant-Riša"''.
Ab ...
.
Šatiya's letter no. 187
Šatiya's single letter to pharaoh, is a moderately short letter, entitled: ''"A daughter sent to the
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 th ...
"''. As 5 lines of the body of the letter are missing, (a
lacuna), the main subject is lost, except for the final sentence concerning Šatiya's daughter.
The letter, title: ''"A daughter sent to the
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 th ...
"''
:Sa
to the kin, my lord,
y god, my Sun: Messge of ''Šatiya'', the ruler of [
Enišasi
Enišasi, was a city, or city-state located in the Beqaa Valley-(called ''Amqu'', or ''Amka'') of Lebanon, during the 1350- 1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Of the 382–Amarna letters, Enišasi is only referenced in two letters. Eniša ...
], your [ser]vant, the Prostration formula, dirt und[er the f]eet of the king, my lord. I [fa]ll [a]t the feet of the king,
ylord, my god, my Sun, 7 times and 7 times.
:As I am the loya[l] servant of the king, my lord, my god,
y Sun
Y, or y, is the twenty-fifth and penultimate letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. According to some authorities, it is the sixth (or sevent ...
in this place, and
Enišasi
Enišasi, was a city, or city-state located in the Beqaa Valley-(called ''Amqu'', or ''Amka'') of Lebanon, during the 1350- 1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Of the 382–Amarna letters, Enišasi is only referenced in two letters. Eniša ...
is a city of the king, my lord,
ygod, my
un I am guarding ''
he pl
He or HE may refer to:
Language
* He (pronoun), an English pronoun
* He (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana へ
* He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets
* He (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' in ...
ce'' of the king,
lo
d, my god, my Sun, ''where I am'. ...
:...
: ...And I herew
th snd my daughter to the
aace,
the king, my lord, m
god, my Sun. —EA 187, lines 1-22 (16-21 lost-
lacuna)
See also
*
Abdi-Riša
Abdi-Riša was a ruler-'mayor' of Enišasi, during the period of the Amarna letters correspondence (1350–1335 BC). Another mayor of Enišasi, Šatiya, is found in the Amarna letters corpus. The name "Abdi-Riša" means ''"servant-Riša"''.
Ab ...
, mayor of Enišasi
*
Enišasi
Enišasi, was a city, or city-state located in the Beqaa Valley-(called ''Amqu'', or ''Amka'') of Lebanon, during the 1350- 1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Of the 382–Amarna letters, Enišasi is only referenced in two letters. Eniša ...
*
Amarna letters–localities and their rulers
This is a list of Amarna letters –Text corpus, categorized by: Amarna letters–localities and their rulers. It includes countries, regions, and the cities or city-states. The regions are included in Canaan and the Levant.
EA: '' 'el Amarna ...
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 hi ...
''The Amarna Letters.'' Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. (softcover, )
Amarna letters writers
14th-century BC Phoenician people
14th-century BC rulers
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