Reanap, also Reanapa (cuneiform: ''ri-a-na-pa'') was an ancient Egyptian commissioner, of the 1350–1335 BC

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, written from a 15–20 year

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. Of the 382 El-Amarna letters correspondence, Reanapa is referenced in three: :* EA 292–Titled: ''Like a pot held in pledge, '' see

Adda-danu Adda-danu was the 'mayor' of the city/city-state of Gazru-(modern Gezer, Israel) of the Amarna letters period, 1350-1335 BC. 'Adda' is the name of the Northwest Semitic god Hadad, and Adda-danu translates as: ''"Hadad (is the) Judge"''. Adda-danu ...

. :* EA 315–Titled: ''"Like a command of the Sun"'' :* EA 326–Titled: ''"A new commissioner"''

Two short letters

The topic of two short letters, EA 315, and 326 is ''Reanapa'', and no intrigues of other cities/

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s, or individuals, are involved. The

prostration formula In the 1350 BC correspondence of 382–letters, called the Amarna letters, the prostration formula is usually the opening subservient remarks to the addressee, the Egyptian pharaoh. The formula is based on prostration, namely reverence and s ...

to the

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, and subservience to the king's authority can be seen.

EA 315, by Pu-Ba'lu of Yursa

Letter no. 2 of 3 by Pu-Ba'lu: :

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, my lord, my god, the Sun from the sky: Message of

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 ...

, the ruler of

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, the dirt at your feet. I indeed prostrate myself at the feet of the king, my lord, 7 times and 7 times, on the back and on the sto ah. :I am indeed guard ngthe city of the king, ylo d and the place of the king, my lord, the Sun fr m the sk. Whatever the king, my lord, has commanded—I am indeed observing, day and night, the order of the king, my lord. :As to '' anapa'', the

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, (my) lord, what the king, my lord, commanded ( i.e. through him),

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ty'' like the command of the

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in the sky. h is the

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that would not berve the orders of the king, my lord,

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f o the sky?

EA 326, by Yidya of Ašqaluna-(Ashkelon)

Letter no. 7 of 7 by Yidya: :To the king, my lord, my god, ySun, the Sun from the sky: Message of

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 ...

, your servant, the dirt at your feet, the groom of your horses. I indeed prostrate myself, on the ackand on the stomach, at the feet of the king, my lord, 7 times and 7 times. :I am indeed guarding the city of the king, my lord. May the gods of the king, my lord, 'guard''his cities, and may the ''

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ul'' hands of the king guard his entire land. :I have heard the word of the king, my lord, to his

. Since he was unable to guard the land of the king, my lord, the king, my lord, has now appointed ''Reanapa'' as omissioner of the king, my lord. He brings to m whatever seems good to the king, my lord. : haever procee sfrom the mouth of the king, my lord, I indeed observe it day and nig(ht). —EA 326, lines 1-24 (complete)

References

* Moran, William L. ''The Amarna Letters.'' Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. (softcover, {{ISBN, 0-8018-6715-0) Amarna letters officials

Two short letters

EA 315, by Pu-Ba'lu of Yursa

EA 326, by Yidya of Ašqaluna-(Ashkelon)

See also

References