Amarna letter EA 7 explained
Amarna Letter EA7 is a letter of correspondence between Napḫurureya, king of Egypt, and Burra-Buriyaš the king of Karaduniyaš, and is part of a series of correspondences from Babylonia to Egypt, which run from EA2 to EA4 and EA6 to EA14. EA1 and EA5 are from Egypt to Babylonia. [1] [2]
The letter demonstrates the existence of Middle Eastern trade routes through Palestine.[3]
The artifact is no longer extant having been destroyed during a bombing raid upon the city of Berlin, during World War II.[4]
William L. Moran gave EA7 the title A lesson in geography. [2]
The letter reads (translation by Oppenheim):[2] -------- --------
See also
Notes and References
- W.L.Moran (edited and translated) - The Amarna Letters (p.xvi) published by the Johns Hopkins University Press - Baltimore, London (Brown University) [Retrieved 2015-07-09]
- Book: The Amarna Letters . published by the Johns Hopkins University Press - Baltimore, London (University of Cincinnati’s Faculty Portfolio Initiative) . Moran . William L. . https://web.archive.org/web/20150714020337/https://roberthaug.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/amarna-letters.pdf . 2015-07-14 . dead . 2015-07-04.
- E.H. Merrill, M.F. Rooker, M.A. Grisanti - The World and the Word: An Introduction to the Old Testament (p.42) B&H Publishing Group 2011. 618 pages, [Retrieved 2015-07-06]
- A.F. Rainey (W.M. Schniedewind, Z. Cochavi-Rainey - ed.) - The El-Amarna Correspondence (2 vol. set): A New Edition of the Cuneiform Letters from the Site of El-Amarna based on Collations of all Extant Tablets Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East, BRILL 14 Nov 2014, 1676 pages, [Retrieved 2015-07-06]
