Amarna letter EA 156

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Amarna letter EA 156, titled: "Aziru of Amurru", [1] is a very short letter from Aziru, the leader of the region of Amurru. EA 156 is the first letter in a series of 16 letters regarding Aziru.

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In synopsis, the 16 letters talk of servitude to the Pharaoh:

The Amarna letters, about 300, numbered up to EA 382, are a mid 14th century BC, about 1360 BC and 20–25 years later, correspondence. The initial corpus of letters were found at Akhenaten's city Akhetaten, in the floor of the Bureau of Correspondence of Pharaoh; others were later found, adding to the body of letters.

Letter EA 156 (also see here-(Obverse): ), is numbered VAT 337, from the Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin.

Summary of the Aziru letters sub-corpus

The letter

EA 156: "Aziru in Amurru"

EA 156, letter number one of a series of 15 (2 from the Pharaoh), from Aziru of the Amurru kingdom. (Not a linear, line-by-line translation.) [1]

Obverse (See here: )

(Lines 1-3)To the king, my lord, my god, my [S]un: Message of Aziru, your servant. I fall at the feet of my lord 7 times and 7 times.
(4-8)Now as to a(ny) request that the Sun, my lord, makes, I am [yo]ur servant forever, and my sons are your servants.
(9-14)I herewith give[ my ]sons as 2 att[endants],1and they are to do whatthe k[ing, my lord],orders. But let him leave [me] in Amurru.2(complete EA 156, with minor lacunae restored, lines 1-14)

Reverse (the Reverse is not inscribed; see here: )


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References

  1. 1 2 Moran, William L. 1987, 1992. The Amarna Letters. EA 156, "Aziru of Amurru", p. 242.