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.
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
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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)) |
Amarna letter EA 365
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letter of Mayor Biridiya of Megiddo Louvre AO 7098[2] |
6.5 centimetres (3 in) X ~6.5 centimetres (3 in) |
Amarna letter EA 15
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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) |
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) |
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) |
Amarna letter EA 364
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Mayor Ayyab letter Louvre AO 7094 |
4.0 inches (10 cm) X 2.3 inches (6 cm) |
Amarna letter EA 9
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letter of Burna-Buriash II of Karduniaš (Babylon) British Museum E 29795[5] |
11.3 centimetres (4 in) X 8.1 centimetres (3 in) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
Amarna letter EA 26
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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) |
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) |
Amarna letter EA 19
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letter of Tushratta of Mitanni British Museum E 29791[12] |
19.4 centimetres (8 in) X 9.7 centimetres (4 in) |
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) |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Louvre Museum entry for EA 365
- ^ Louvre Museum entry for EA 365
- ^ Metropolitan Museum page for EA 15
- ^ Metropolitan Museum page for EA 153
- ^ Reverse images of EA 9, and EA 17
- ^ British Museum entry for EA 161
- ^ Vorderasiatisches Museum entry for EA 38
- ^ "Tablet | British Museum".
- ^ British Museum entry for EA 35
- ^ "Tablet | British Museum".
- ^ Vorderasiatisches Museum entry for EA 288
- ^ British Museum image gallery for E29791, EA 19
- ^ Vorderasiatisches Museum entry for EA 288 (no entry at Museum on 9-8-2018)
External links
edit- Vorderasiatisches Museum image gallery for VAT153, EA 38
- British Museum image gallery for E29791, EA 19
- CDLI listing of all EA Amarna letters, 1-382. They all can show photos/ or drawings of the individual letter.
- High-resolution images, from the Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin.