Arsawuya was a 'mayor' of
Ruhizzi, located east of ''Qidšu''-(
Kadesh), and farther east beyond the
Anti-Lebanon mountain range, during the 1350–1335 BC
Amarna letters correspondence. He is referenced in five letters, two letters of which he wrote to the
Egyptian pharaoh
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, letters EA 191, and 192, (
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 ...
').
Arsawuya's second letter
The complete topic of Arsawuya's second letter is missing because of a multi-sentence
lacuna
Lacuna (plural lacunas or lacunae) may refer to:
Related to the meaning "gap"
* Lacuna (manuscripts), a gap in a manuscript, inscription, text, painting, or musical work
** Great Lacuna, a lacuna of eight leaves where there was heroic Old Norse p ...
.
EA 191, ''"Preparations for war"''
:To the king, my lord: Message of ''Arsawuya'', the ruler of
Ruhizza. I
fall at the feet of the king, my lord. The king, my lord, wrote to me to make preparations before the arrival of the
archers of the king, my lord, and before the arrival of his many
commissioners.
:And could I think of not serving the king, my lord?
:May I join up with the archers of the king and his commissioners so that, having everything prepared, I might follow them wherever they are at war against the king, my lord, and we capture them (and) give his enemies into the hand of the king, our lord. —EA 191, lines 1-21 (complete)
EA 192, ''"Message received"''
:
a the king, my lord, both
Sun and my god: Message of ''
sawuya'', the loyal servant
the king, my lord,
dit at the feet">Prostration_formula.html" ;"title="nd the Prostration formula">dit at the feet of the king, my lord. I fall at the feet of the king, my lord, both Sun and my god, 7 times and 7 times.
:[I have] heard the words [of the king], my lord and my god, [and here]with [...] ...[the king], (my) lord. And the king, [m]y lord, must [not] neglect his country. —EA 192, lines 1-17 (complete, with lines 12-15 a
lacuna
Lacuna (plural lacunas or lacunae) may refer to:
Related to the meaning "gap"
* Lacuna (manuscripts), a gap in a manuscript, inscription, text, painting, or musical work
** Great Lacuna, a lacuna of eight leaves where there was heroic Old Norse p ...
)
See also
*
Etakkama of Kadesh-(''Qidšu'')
*
Ruhizzi
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, )
External links
Arsawuyaas recorded in
Thutmose III
Thutmose III (variously also spelt Tuthmosis or Thothmes), sometimes called Thutmose the Great, was the sixth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. Officially, Thutmose III ruled Egypt for almost 54 years and his reign is usually dated from 28 ...
Egypt
Amarna letters writers
Arameans
14th-century BC rulers
14th-century BC Aramean kings
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