Amarna Letter EA 256

Amarna Letter EA 256

Amarna letter EA 256 Amarna letter EA 27 is a letter addressed to Amenhotep IV and concerns "The Missing Gold Statues Again". The letter is dated to a period within the very beginning of the second regnal year of the pharaoh, and was written by Tushratta, who was living at Washukanni. At the time the pharaoh was located at Thebes. The letter is thought to contain a reference to a royal funeral. In the Amarna letters, mid 1300's BC, letters written to the King (Pharaoh) of Egypt (or an official at the Egyptian court), many letters (numbered up to EA 382, about 300+ actual letters, or partials) are written by 'governors' of city-states in Canaan. The Canaanite letters are famous for various forms of a prostration formula, following a 'letter Introduction'. The introduction often states accolades such as: "...(of) My-God(s), My Sun-God,....", or continuing, "My Sun, from, Heaven"-(heaven),sa-me. (Akkadian language: anUTU-ia ANUTU-Sa-Me, E Amarna letter EA 256, in short EA 256, catalogued under the title Oaths and Denials,[1][dubious â“ discuss] is one of a total of about 350 so-called Amarna letters, belonging to an official correspondence dating to the mid-14th century BC (about 1350 BC till 20â“25 years later). The initial corpus of letters were found at Akhenaten's city Akhetaten, on the floor of the Bureau of Correspondence of Pharaoh; others were later found, adding to the body of letters. 1. Amarna letter EA 365 â“ Letter EA365 is authored by Biridiya of Megiddo and is written to the Pharaoh of Egypt. The letters subject is the harvesting of crops by corvée labor men, the Amarna letters, about 300, numbered up to EA382, are mid 14th century BC, about 1350 BC and 25. Józefów, Mielec County Township 8, Benton County, Arkansas Valea Rea River (Sărata) Dort Federal Credit Union Event Center Start Here https://www.facebook.com/Amarna-letter-EA-256 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=Amarna+letter+EA+256 https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2F....

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