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My lord, I am your servant, and on my arrival in the presence of the king, my lord, I spoke of all my affairs in the presence of the king, my lord. My lord, do not listen to the treacherous men that denounce me in the presence of the king, my lord. I am your servant
432:, or his journey. May the king, my lord, hear my words. hen I come to the king, my lord, Han'i will go before me; like a mother and like a father he will provide for me. And no(w) my lord says, "You hid yourself from Han'i." –May your gods and
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signs that remain (undamaged corners, or scrapes contain lost signs, added by context per translation), allow for a relative complete translation context for the letter, and the eight paragraphs. The clay tablet is no. BM 29818 at the
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The letter is about 3.2 in wide x 4.7 in tall, and probably slightly less than 1.0 inch thick. The text of the letter does not end at the right margin of the letter; instead the text appears to use the side of the clay tablet.
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and so I did not know that he had arrived. As soon as I heard, I went up after him, but I did not overtake him. May Han'i arrive safe and sound so that the king, my lord, can ask him how I provided for him. My brothers and
284:, part of Pharaoh's foreign army. The list ends with a cuneiform sign for "plural" for each listed item; though many signs are degraded in lines 21, 22, every alternate sign (mostly) in lines 21, 22, is for the plural: "
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Letter three of thirteen between Aziru and the
Pharaoh of Egypt (Egypt named Misri in the letters). (A free-form, non sequential, 20th century, French-English translation)
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have been at war with me and have taken my cities at the instruction of Hatip. So I have not built it. Now, in all haste, I am going to build it.
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Let my lord's messenger come to me so I can give all that I promised in the presence of the king, my lord. I will give food supplies,
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And may my lord know that Hatip has taken half of the things that the king, my lord, gave (gave me). All the
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letter of 8 paragraphs, with single paragraphing lines. The surface is somewhat degraded, but most
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that the king, my lord, gave me, Hatip has taken. May my lord know (this).
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Moreover, the king, my lord, also said, "Why did you provide for the
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229:) is still used today in world languages in Asia/Southeast Asia as
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Digital Library Initiative) listing for EA 161
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178:; others were later found, adding to the body of letters.
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Johns
Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. (softcover,
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The king, my lord, has spoken about the building of
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870:British Museum entry for EA 161, museum no. E29818
436:be witness: (I swear):–"I was residing in
233:, as for example "TownXYZ-iya", "TownXYZ-mine".
341:of my lord, y god, my Sun, 7 times and 7 times.
209:, for "Lord", with the possessive first person
170:. The initial corpus of letters were found at
672:, Amurru son of Aziru to an Egyptian official
651:, Amurru son of Aziru to an Egyptian official
8:
910:Middle Eastern objects in the British Museum
880:CDLI listing of all EA Amarna letters, 1-382
245:with one of the most common phrases being:
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782:The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh
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174:'s city Akhetaten, in the floor of the
155:, the top half of the number visible).
701:Amarna letters–phrases and quotations
241:, is extremely common throughout the
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354:The king, my lord, has spoken about
176:Bureau of Correspondence of Pharaoh
14:
849:Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project
64:Width: 8.2 cm (3.2 in)
56:Height: 12 cm (4.7 in)
402:were at his service; they gave
706:List of Amarna letters by size
577:6) EA 161, Aziru to Pharaoh #5
520:-EA 161, lines 1-56 (complete)
318:, my lord, my god, : Message-(
278:The City of Irqata to the King
1:
525:Summary of the Aziru letters
808:EA 161: An Absence Explained
418:, his food and strong drink.
373:. My lord, I was residing in
633:, Amurru king Aziru to (to
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584:, Pharaoh to Amurru Prince
312:(Para I, Lines 1-3)–
270:From the Citizens of Tunip
196:God-mine, Sun-mine, I bow.
784:, Glossary, pp. 119-145,
496:(Para VIII, 54-56)–
492:–one of the mayors!
282:archers (Egyptian pitati)
202:, and in EA 161 uses the
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476:(Para VII, 47-53)–
352:(Para III, 11-22)–
623:, Amurru king Aziru to
462:(Para VI, 41-46)–
422:(Para IV, 23-34)–
444:(Para V, 35-40)–
345:(Para II, 4-10)–
644:, Aziru to Pharaoh #7
616:, Aziru to Pharaoh #6
574:, Aziru to Pharaoh #3
567:, Aziru to Pharaoh #2
549:, Aziru to Pharaoh #2
542:, Aziru to Pharaoh #1
518:, and (other) woods.
303:An Absence Explained
136:An Absence Explained
132:Amarna letter EA 161
22:Amarna letter EA 161
823:The Amarna Letters.
803:The Amarna Letters,
192:7 times and 7 times
188:prostration formula
711:Amarna letter EA 5
337:, your servant. I
225:. Cuneiform "ia"-(
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790:lord, owner
605:, Aziru to
556:, Aziru to
288:" (or is a
251:city-states
190:, notably:
140:clay tablet
889:Categories
768:References
746:, EA 161,
527:sub-corpus
316:Great King
296:The letter
290:sumerogram
204:sumerogram
125:no. E29818
102:Babylonian
36:letter to
792:, p. 122.
480:messenger
200:Lord-mine
172:Akhenaten
153:black ink
144:cuneiform
134:, titled
112:Akhetaten
73:cuneiform
685:See also
660:Ba-Aluia
348:forever.
301:EA 161:
45:Material
34:Rib-Hadi
16:Antiques
664:Battilu
514:boxwood
456:Nuhašše
434:the Sun
424:I gave
400:Bet-ili
314:To the
100:Middle
85:Created
69:Writing
38:Pharaoh
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788:, for
760:EA 367
756:EA 365
752:EA 364
748:EA 288
744:EA 153
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670:EA 171
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656:EA 170
649:EA 169
642:EA 168
631:EA 167
621:EA 166
614:EA 165
603:EA 164
589:EA 163
582:EA 162
572:EA 160
565:EA 159
554:EA 158
547:EA 157
540:EA 156
470:silver
426:horses
414:, and
410:, and
274:EA 100
272:, and
255:Canaan
53:Height
739:EA 38
735:EA 35
731:EA 27
727:EA 26
723:EA 19
719:EA 15
696:Aziru
691:Tunip
510:, of
500:ships
484:Hatti
452:Zemar
448:Sumur
438:Tunip
430:asses
416:birds
412:goats
408:sheep
378:Tunip
356:Han'i
334:Aziru
266:EA 59
262:Tunip
237:, or
108:Place
61:Width
853:ISBN
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786:bēlu
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635:Haay
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625:Haay
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607:Dudu
558:Dudu
508:logs
468:and
466:gold
428:and
404:oxen
231:-iya
227:-iya
223:bēlu
211:mine
182:Text
162:The
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