Enišasi, was a city, or

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located in the

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-(called '' Amqu'', or ''Amka'') of

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, during the 1350- 1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Of the 382–Amarna letters, Enišasi is only referenced in two letters. Enišasi was located near ''Hašabu'', (Tell Hašbe), and ''Hasi'', (Tell Hizzin?), southwest of

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. Two 'mayors', or rulers of Enišasi were Šatiya and Abdi-Riša, who each authored a letter to the

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pharaoh Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian language, Egyptian: ''wikt:pr ꜥꜣ, pr ꜥꜣ''; Meroitic language, Meroitic: 𐦲𐦤𐦧, ; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') was the title of the monarch of ancient Egypt from the First Dynasty of Egypt, First Dynasty ( ...

, EA 187- (title: ''A daughter sent to the Pharaoh''), and EA 363- (title: ''A joint report on Amqu–(4)''). ( EA is for 'el

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'.)

References

* Moran, William L. ''The Amarna Letters.'' Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. (softcover, ) Amarna letters locations Phoenician cities {{AncientEgypt-stub

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