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The amarna letters are cuneiform tablets discovered in the new capital built by amenophis iv, who called himself akhenaton 6549 bc. Elamarna tablets 3593792, aoat 8 neukirchenvluyn, 1978. We know of 382 tablets, but many others were probably destroyed, or may even be a part of unknown private. Tell elamarna was founded by the new kingdom pharaoh akhenaten, son of amenhotep iii and queen tiye, husband of nefertiti, and probable father of tutankhamen. The amarna letters, as is well known, are thus named after the site tell elamarna in egypt in which they were discovered. The amarna letters are a group of several hundred clay tablets inscribed with cuneiform wedgeshaped writing that date to the fourteenth century b. The first letters were found in 1887 ce and date back to the 14th century bce.

Buy now see all 12 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The amarna letters are an archive, written on clay tablets, primarily consisting of diplomatic. From the pharaoh to a vassal, is a mediumsmall, square clay tablet amarna letter to endaruta of achshaph, aksapa of the letters, one of only about 10 letters of the elamarna corpus. Among them were letters written in babylonian cuneiform script to these pharaohs of egypt by various kings dwelling. The tell elamarna tablets contain some diplomatic correspondence on. For the main article of the 50 to 35 bc text corpus see. A new translation of the amarna letters after 100 years. Previous translations of these letters were both incomplete and reflected an imperfect understanding of.

These letters were sent to the egyptian pharaohs amenophis ill and his son akhenaten around the middle of the 14th century b. Information and translations of amarna letters in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. A new translation of the amarna letters after 100 years by a. Department of egyptian and assyrian antiquities of the british.

Gaz, the term also has turned up in a number of cuneiform texts from different parts of mesopotamia, syria, egypt, and asia minor in a timespan dating from the end of the. Discovered there, in about 1887, were nearly four hundred cuneiform tablets containing correspondence of the egyptian court with rulers of neighboring states in the midfourteenth century b. The amarna letters essay the metropolitan museum of. Elamarna, modern name of the site of akhetaton, the capital city of egypt, founded by amenophisamen. The elamarna letters comprise a collection of cuneiform tablets named after al. It is the modern name for the ancient capital of amenhotep iv c. The site is renowned for its frescoed palaces and for the royal sculpture workshop in which were found moving portraits. This site, located 200 miles south of cairo, was later named elamarna, and the tablets became known as the amarna tablets or amarna letters. Tell elamarna encyclopedia of the bible bible gateway. During the age of the decline of egyptian power in syria,when the great conquests of tahutmes i.

Tell elamarna, site of the ruins and tombs of the city of akhetaton horizon of aton in upper egypt, 44 miles 71 km north of modern asyut. In 1988 there were about 400 cuneiform tablets discovered at this site which were part of the royal archives of amenhotep iii and amenhotep iv akhenaten who reigned about 1400 bc. Amarna letters, cache of clay tablets discovered at tell elamarna in egypt and dating to the reigns of kings amenhotep iii and akhenaton of the 18th dynasty. The name is built upon the name of the village eltill and the name elamarna. History of the middle east and the aegean region 80 b. Since egypt is outside the area where cuneiform writing. On a virgin site on the east bank of the nile river, akhenaton amenhotep iv built the city about 48 bce as the new capital of his kingdom when he. Full text of selections from the tell elamarna letters. Archaeologists working at tell elamarna following the initial find tried to ascertain the exact spot of the tablets discovery but were met with conflicting evidence. This translation, by assyriologist and amarna expert william moran, is the standard. A new edition of the cuneiform letters from the site of elamarna based on collations of all extant tablets. A name used to describe a mound of ruins in egypt, halfway between memphis and luxor.

Scholars have determined that these amarna letters came from the royal archive of pharaoh akhenaten 5337 b. The name for the city employed by the ancient egyptians is written as. The letters were found at amarna, the modern name for the capital of the egyptian new kingdom, primarily from the reign of pharaoh amenhotep iv, better known as akhenaten 69 53 bc. However, the british museum also numbers its museum items ea. Tell elamarna letters 11 kilti all their hearts desire. Moran, the unquestioned dean of amarna studies, is to be congratulated on this monumental achievement, based on a fresh. The tellelamarna letters by hugo winckler author visit amazons hugo winckler page. While much of this bears more particularly upon general history of the ancient orient, there is scarcely any part of it which does not directly or indirectly supply information which parallels some phase of biblical history. Tell elamarna letters 5 assuming the identification of the names, then the habiru, or hebrews, mentioned in these letters must refer to tribes which had either stayed behind at the time of the israelite immigration into egypt, or else had made their way. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Rainey tel aviv introduction the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the amarna tablets was marked by the appearance of this new translation.

First edition, one of 900 copies, of this translation of the important amarna cuneiform tablets. The city was founded by the egyptian king pharaoh amenhotep iv, who later became known as akhenaten. Eltill has no etymological relation with the term tell arab. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. The tell elamarna letters furnish an amount of historical material about equal in bulk to onehalf of the pentateuch. With photographic frontispiece in each volume and folding map at rear of volume ii. The clay tablets,mostly from syria,but with a few duplicatesof letters from egypt, were depositedin. The amarna letters were discovered in 1887 by a village woman digging ancient mudbrick for use as fertilizer. The letters were found in upper egypt at elamarna, the modern name for the ancient egyptian capital of akhetaten.

Amarna tablets archives biblical archaeology society. Boek maken downloaden als pdf printvriendelijke versie. Amarna letters article about amarna letters by the free. The name is a misnomer formed by combining a village name, eltill, with elamarna, one of the names of an arab tribe that had settled in the area. The amarna letters provide invaluable insight into the nature of diplomatic relations among the great nations and petty states of the 14th century bce, as well as an incomplete and tantalizing hint of the strategic maneuvering that. Akhenatens mission was to elevate the innovative religious ideas of his father into a comprehensive alternative to the complex theological system inherited from egypts past. The amarna letters are an archive, written on clay tablets consisting of diplomatic correspondence between the egyptian administration and its representatives in canaan and amurru during the new kingdom, between c. Discovered there, circa 1887, were nearly four hundred cuneiform tablets containing correspondence of the egyptian court with rulers of neighboring states in the midfourteenth century b. The amarna letters essay the metropolitan museum of art.

Amarna, a plain on the east bank of the nile about. This edition of the tell elamarna cuneiform tablets in the. The amarna letters are a group of inscribed clay tablets discovered around 1887 at amarna, a site in egypt on the east bank of the nile about 190 miles south of cairo. Tell elamarna tablets also amarna tablets or amarna letters, the name used in scholarly literature for a number of clay tablets dating from the time of the egyptian pharaohs of the 18th dynasty. Ver mas ideas sobre egipto, akhenaton, arte egipcio. They are an important record of egypt during a period of 15 to 30 years during the later part of amenophis iiis 9153 bc rule and the rule of akhenaten 5336 bc. The letters were found in upper egypt at elamarna, the modern name for the ancient egyptian capital of akhetaten, founded by pharaoh akhenaten during the. The tablets were discovered in 1887 in tell elamarna by inhabitants of the area. They are written in the babylonian language and cuneiform characters and. Whereas tell means hill in arabic and often refers to stratified cultures embedded in the earth, that is not its meaning here. The amarna letters consist of diplomatic correspondence of canaanite and other rulers with the egyptian pharaoh. In 1887 a bedouin woman searching among ancient ruins near the nile river discovered some inscribed clay tablets.