Amarna letter EA 8 explained

Amarna Letter EA8 is a continuation of correspondence between Napḫurureya, king of Egypt, and Burra-Buriyaš the king of Karaduniyaš. ^[1]

Within the Moran edition, the letter is translated by Ebeling.^[1]

The letter is written in the language Akkadian, and dates to a period circa 1349 to 1334 B.C., The letter 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. ^{[2] [3] [1]}

The inscription reads:^[1] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

See also

• Amarna letters: EA 1, EA 2, EA 3, EA 4, EA 5, EA 6, EA 7, EA 9, EA 10, EA 11

Notes and References

1. Book: The Amarna Letters. W.L.Moran (edited and translated). published by the Johns Hopkins University Press - Baltimore, London (University of Cincinnati’s Faculty Portfolio Initiative). 2015-07-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20150714020337/https://roberthaug.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/amarna-letters.pdf. 2015-07-14. dead.
2. Pamela Barmash - Homicide in the Biblical World (p.179) Cambridge University Press 2005, 253 pages, Retrieved 2015-07-06
3. 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