List of Amarna letters by size

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This is a List of Amarna letters by size, mostly length X width, and starting with the shortest (in Height). Note: a few Amarna letters are wider than tall, for example EA 290.

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It should be understood the definition of "mayor" in the Amarna letters. (The definition of King is relatively obvious). Some mayors are called the "Man Town XXX". The obvious description is to call the mayor a governor, (the man who governs, no matter the size of the City-state; ("governor" means "govern-or"). The power of local governors depended on conflicts, or commercial local successes, or of course the discourses, including the everpresent Habiru, ('Apiru).


Amarna letter EA 252

Amarna letters by size (Height x Width) + (Thickness)
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EA 252

letter of Mayor Labaya of Šakmu Schechem

British Museum no. E 29844 [1]
6.985 centimetres (3 in)
X ~5.71 centimetres (2 in)
((~2.75 in x ~2.25 in))
Obverse
EA 252, 2.75 in tall
Obverse, Lines 1-15
(Bottom & Reverse), Lines 16-31 Amarna letter. Letter from Labayu (ruler of Shechem) to the Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep III or his son Akhenaten. 14th century BCE. From Tell el-Amarna, Egypt. British Museum.jpg
Obverse
EA 252, 2.75 in tall
Obverse, Lines 1–15
(Bottom & Reverse), Lines 16-31

Amarna letter EA 365

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EA 365

letter of Mayor Biridiya of Megiddo

Louvre AO 7098 [2]
6.5 centimetres (3 in)
X ~6.5 centimetres (3 in)
Obverse
EA 365, 6.5 cm tall
Obverse, Lines 1-14
(Reverse & Left Side), Lines 15-31 Amarna letter mp3h8876.jpg
Obverse
EA 365, 6.5 cm tall
Obverse, Lines 1–14
(Reverse & Left Side), Lines 15-31

Amarna letter EA 15

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EA 15

letter of Ashur-uballit I of Assyria

Metropolitan Museum of Art
24.2.11 [3]
7.7 centimetres (3 in)
X 5.5 centimetres (2 in)
Obverse
EA 15, 7.7 cm tall
Obverse, Lines 1-15
(Bottom Edge & Reverse), Lines 16-22 Amarna letter- Royal Letter from Ashur-uballit, the king of Assyria, to the king of Egypt MET 24.2.11 EGDP021806.jpg
Obverse
EA 15, 7.7 cm tall
Obverse, Lines 1–15
(Bottom Edge & Reverse), Lines 16-22

Amarna letter EA 153

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EA 153 letter from Abimilku of (island) Tyre

Metropolitan Museum 24.2.12 [4]
7.78 centimetres (3 in)
X 5.24 centimetres (2 in)

Note: Cuneiform characters
on letter are very
"stubbiform" (non-classical)
Obverse
EA 153, 7.78 cm tall
Obverse, Lines 1-16
(Bottom Edge & Reverse), Lines 17-20 Amarna letter- Royal Letter from Abi-milku of Tyre to the king of Egypt MET 24.2.12 EGDP021809.jpg
Obverse
EA 153, 7.78 cm tall
Obverse, Lines 1–16
(Bottom Edge & Reverse), Lines 17-20

Amarna letter EA 367

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EA 367 letter by Pharaoh
to Endaruta of
Achshaph (Akšapa)

Louvre AO 7095
3.2 in (8.2 cm) X
2.2 in (5.8 cm)
Obverse
EA 367, 11.43 cm tall
Obverse, Lines 1-16
(Reverse), Lines 17-25 Lens - Inauguration du Louvre-Lens le 4 decembre 2012, la Galerie du Temps, ndeg 030.JPG
Obverse
EA 367, 11.43 cm tall
Obverse, Lines 1–16
(Reverse), Lines 17-25

Amarna letter EA 364

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EA 364

Mayor Ayyab letter

Louvre AO 7094
4.0 inches (10 cm)
X 2.3 inches (6 cm)
Obverse
EA 364, 10 cm tall Ayyab letter mp3h8880.jpg
Obverse
EA 364, 10 cm tall

Amarna letter EA 9

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EA 9

letter of Burna-Buriash II of
Karduniaš (Babylon)

British Museum E 29795 [5]
11.3 centimetres (4 in)
X 8.1 centimetres (3 in)
Reverse
EA 9, 11.3 cm tall
(Reverse), Lines 25-38
((Obverse)), Lines 1-24 BM 29785 EA 9 Reverse.jpg
Reverse
EA 9, 11.3 cm tall
(Reverse), Lines 25–38
((Obverse)), Lines 1-24

Amarna letter EA 161

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EA 161 letter from Aziru to Pharaoh

British Museum E 29818 [6]
~12.0 cm (4.72 in)
X ~8.33 cm (3.28 in)
Obverse
EA 161, ~12.0 cm tall
Obverse, Lines 1-26
(Reverse & Left), Lines 27-56 Amarna Akkadian letter.png
Obverse
EA 161, ~12.0 cm tall
Obverse, Lines 1-26
(Reverse & Left), Lines 27-56

Amarna letter EA 38

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EA 38 letter from
(unnamed) King of Alashiya

Vorderasiatisches
Berlin Museum VAT 153 [7]
13.2 centimetres (5 in)
X 10.0 centimetres (4 in)
Obverse
EA 38, 13.2 cm tall
Obverse, Lines 1-25
(Botton Edge & Reverse), Lines 26-30 Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin 018.jpg
Obverse
EA 38, 13.2 cm tall
Obverse, Lines 1-25
(Botton Edge & Reverse), Lines 26-30

Amarna letter EA 5

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EA 5 letter from King Kadashman-Enlil I
of Babylon (Kardunias)
to Pharaoh

British Museum 29787 [8]
14.0 centimetres (6 in)
X 7.0 centimetres (3 in)
Obverse
EA 5, 14 cm tall
Obverse, Lines 1-33 TablillaAmenhotepIIIABabilonia (46200275501).jpg
Obverse
EA 5, 14 cm tall
Obverse, Lines 1-33

Amarna letter EA 35

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EA 35 letter from King of Alashiya

British Museum E 29788 [9]
14.61 centimetres (6 in)
X 9.84 centimetres (4 in)
Obverse
EA 35, 6 in tall
Obverse Amarna letter. "Message from the king of Alashiya, your brother" to the Pharaoh of Egypt, possibly Akhenaten. C. 1350 BCE. From Tell e-Amarna, Egypt. British Museum.jpg
Obverse
EA 35, 6 in tall
Obverse

Amarna letter EA 26

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EA 26

letter of Tushratta to
Pharaoh's wife

British Museum E 29794 [10]

(Full tablet view: Photo, EA 26: Obverse)
~14.7 centimetres (6 in)
X ~9.5 centimetres (4 in)
X ~2.4 centimetres (1 in)
Obverse-(fragment) --(about 40 % of height, lower left corner fragment)
EA 26, ~14.7 cm tall
Obverse, Lines 1-39
Reverse Lines 40-66

(Full tablet view: Photo, EA 26: Obverse Amarna letter fragment, from King Tushratta of Mitanni to Queen Tiy (Teye) of Egypt, matching fragment in British Museum - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago - DSC07018.JPG
Obverse-(fragment)(about 40 % of height, lower left corner fragment)
EA 26, ~14.7 cm tall
Obverse, Lines 1-39
Reverse Lines 40–66

(Full tablet view: Photo, EA 26: Obverse

Amarna letter EA 288

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EA 288 letter from Abdi-Heba of
Jerusalem (Uru-Salem)(City-Peace)

Vorderasiatisches
Berlin Museum VAT 1643 [11]
16.2 centimetres (6 in)
16.45 (for line 16
broken gap adjustment)

X 10.5 centimetres (4 in)
Obverse
EA 288, 16.45 cm tall
Obverse, Lines 1-31
(Reverse), Lines 32-66 Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin 019.jpg
Obverse
EA 288, 16.45 cm tall
Obverse, Lines 1-31
(Reverse), Lines 32-66

Amarna letter EA 19

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EA 19

letter of Tushratta of Mitanni

British Museum E 29791 [12]
19.4 centimetres (8 in)
X 9.7 centimetres (4 in)
Obverse
EA 19, 19.4 cm tall
Obverse, Lines 1-42
(Reverse), Lines 43-85 AmarnaLetterOfMarriageNegotiation-BritishMuseum-August19-08.jpg
Obverse
EA 19, 19.4 cm tall
Obverse, Lines 1-42
(Reverse), Lines 43-85

Amarna letter EA 27

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EA 27 letter from Tushratta of
Mitanni

Vorderasiatisches
Berlin Museum VAT 2333 [13]
~~21.0 centimetres (8 in)
X ~~12.0 centimetres (5 in)
Obverse
EA 27, ~21.0 cm tall
Obverse, Lines 1-58
(Reverse), Lines 59-113 VAM - Tuschratta von Mitanni.jpg
Obverse
EA 27, ~21.0 cm tall
Obverse, Lines 1-58
(Reverse), Lines 59-113


See also

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amarna letter EA 19</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amarna letter EA 161</span> Antiques

Amarna letter EA 161, titled An Absence Explained, is a tall clay tablet letter of 8 paragraphs, with single paragraphing lines. The surface is somewhat degraded, but most cuneiform signs that remain, allow for a relative complete translation context for the letter, and the eight paragraphs. The clay tablet is no. BM 29818 at the British Museum; the number is visible at the top of the tablet, above Para I-(in black ink, the top half of the number visible).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amarna letter EA 9</span>

Amarna letter EA 9 is a tall, compact 38 line clay tablet letter of 3 paragraphs, in pristine condition, with few flaws on the clay. The photo of the reverse (pictured) shows half of Paragraph III, and some of the signs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Meš</span> Cuneiform sign

The cuneiform MEŠ, or meš is a plural form attached at the end of Mesopotamian cuneiform words as a suffix. As part of a name, or major class being referenced, in capital letters, it is typically separated from other capital letter Sumerograms with a period. The name of the group can follow, in lower case letters, for example:, LÚ.MEŠ–ma-as-sà-meš,.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amarna letter EA 365</span>

Amarna letter EA 365, titled Furnishing Corvée Workers, is a squarish, mostly flat clay tablet, but thick enough (pillow-shaped), to contain text that continues toward the right margin, the right side of the obverse side, and also to the right side of the reverse side of the tablet.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amarna letter EA 153</span> Clay tablet from Tyre

Amarna letter EA 153, titled Ships on Hold, is a short-length clay tablet letter from Abimilku of the island of city-state Tyre.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amarna letter EA 367</span>

Amarna letter EA 367, titled From the Pharaoh to a Vassal, is a medium-small, square clay tablet Amarna letter to Endaruta of Achshaph,, one of only about 10 letters of the el-Amarna corpus, that is from the Pharaoh of Egypt to his correspondent.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amarna letter EA 144</span>

Amarna letter EA 144, titled: "Zimreddi of Sidon," is a square-shaped, mostly flat clay tablet letter written on both sides and the bottom edge. It is from a vassal state in Canaan, and is written by the 'mayor' of Sidon, the author of Amarna letter EA 144, and Amarna letter EA 145. Zimreddi is also referred to in a few other Amarna letters.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amarna letter EA 289</span>

Amarna letter EA 289, titled: "A Reckoning Demanded," is a moderately tall, finely-inscribed clay tablet letter, approximately 6.5 in tall, from Abdi-Heba the mayor/ruler of Jerusalem, of the mid 14th century BC Amarna letters. The scribe of his six letters to Egypt were penned by the "Jerusalem scribe"; EA 289 is a moderately long, and involved letter, mentioning ten named individuals, some more than three times. A total of nine locations are referenced, as well as men of the "Hapiru"-("LÚ-MEŠ-Hapiru-ki"), and men of "Qilyi-ki".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amarna letter EA 362</span>

Amarna letter EA 362, titled: "A Commissioner Murdered," is a finely-inscribed clay tablet letter from Rib-Haddi, the mayor/'man' of the city of Byblos,. Byblos, being a large coastal seaport Mediterranean city, was a city that was aligned with Egypt (Miṣri), and housed an Egyptian community. Rib-Haddi, as the city-state leader wrote the largest number of letters to the Pharaoh, in a sub-corpus of the 1350 BC Amarna letters.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amarna letter EA 286</span>

Amarna letter EA 286, titled: "A Throne Granted, Not Inherited," is a tall, finely-inscribed clay tablet letter, approximately 8 in tall, and 3.5 in wide, from Abdi-Heba the mayor/ruler of Jerusalem, of the mid 14th century BC Amarna letters. The scribe of his six letters to Egypt were penned by the "Jerusalem scribe"; EA 286 is a moderately long, and involved letter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amarna letter EA 15</span> Assyrian clay tablet

Amarna letter EA 15, titled Assyria Joins the International Scene, is a shorter-length clay tablet Amarna letter from Ashur-uballit I of the Land of Assyria,. He addresses the Pharaoh in line 1, the "King (of) Land Miṣri-(Egypt)", thus the use of "Land (of) Assyria".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amarna letter EA 5</span>

Amarna Letter EA5, one of the Amarna letters, is a correspondence between Kadašman-Enlil I and Amenhotep III.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amarna letter EA 223</span>

Amarna letter EA 223, titled: "Compliance With Orders", is a very short clay tablet letter from Endaruta of city-state Akšapa (Achshaph). It is the only letter authored by Endaruta. One of the ten Pharaoh letters written to persons/ or states in the Amarna letters corpus, is Amarna letter EA 367.

Amarna letter EA 254, titled: "Neither Rebel nor Delinquent (2)", is a moderate length, tall, and mostly flat rectangular clay tablet Amarna letter,. The letter is from Labaya of city-state Šakmu . It is an undamaged letter, in pristine condition, with cuneiform script on almost all surfaces: Obverse, Bottom, Reverse, and Left Side. Letter EA 254 is numbered VAT 335, from the Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amarna letter EA 288</span>


Amarna letter EA 288, titled Benign Neglect, is a tall, finely-inscribed clay tablet letter, approximately 7.5 in tall x 4.5 in wide, broken into two pieces, from Abdi-Heba the mayor/ruler of Jerusalem, of the mid 14th century BC Amarna letters. The scribe of his six letters to Egypt were penned by the "Jerusalem scribe"; EA 288 is a moderately long, and involved letter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amarna letter EA 290</span>

Amarna letter EA 290, titled: "Three Against One", is one of the two shorter letters, of six, from Abdi-Heba the governing man of Jerusalem. In the Jerusalem letters, Jerusalem is "Uru-Salem" ("City-Peace").

References

  1. Louvre Museum entry for EA 365
  2. Louvre Museum entry for EA 365
  3. Metropolitan Museum page for EA 15
  4. Metropolitan Museum page for EA 153
  5. Reverse images of EA 9, and EA 17
  6. British Museum entry for EA 161
  7. Vorderasiatisches Museum entry for EA 38
  8. "Tablet | British Museum".
  9. British Museum entry for EA 35
  10. "Tablet | British Museum".
  11. Vorderasiatisches Museum entry for EA 288
  12. British Museum image gallery for E29791, EA 19
  13. Vorderasiatisches Museum entry for EA 288 (no entry at Museum on 9-8-2018)