Amarna letters localities and rulers, the Glossary

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1. 103 relations: Abdi-Ashirta, Abdi-Heba, Abdi-Riša, Abimilki, Achshaph, Acre, Israel, Adda-danu, Akizzi, Alashiya, Amanmašša, Amarna, Amarna letter EA 15, Amarna letter EA 205, Amarna letter EA 252, Amarna letter EA 256, Amarna letter EA 286, Amarna letter EA 288, Amarna letter EA 299, Amarna letter EA 364, Amarna letters, Amarna Period, Amioun, Ammittamru I, Ammunira, Amurru kingdom, Anti-Lebanon mountains, Arqa, Arsawuya, Arzawa, Ascalon, Ashur-uballit I, Assyria, Ayyab, Aziru, Šatiya, Šuppiluliuma I, Šuwardata, Barga (kingdom), Bashan, Beirut, Bel (mythology), Biridašwa, Biridiya, Biryawaza, Burna-Buriash II, Byblos, Cilicia, City-state, Damascus, Endaruta, ... Expand index (53 more) »

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Abdi-Ashirta

Abdi-Ashirta (Akkadian: 𒀵𒀀𒅆𒅕𒋫 Warad-Ašîrta; fl. 14th century BC) was the ruler of Amurru who was in conflict with King Rib-Hadda of Byblos. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Abdi-Ashirta are Amarna letters writers.

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Abdi-Heba

Abdi-Ḫeba (Abdi-Kheba, Abdi-Ḫepat, or Abdi-Ḫebat) was a local chieftain of Jerusalem during the Amarna period (mid-1330s BC). Amarna letters localities and rulers and Abdi-Heba are Amarna letters writers.

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Abdi-Riša

Abdi-Riša was a ruler-'mayor' of Enišasi, during the period of the Amarna letters correspondence (1350–1335 BC). Amarna letters localities and rulers and Abdi-Riša are Amarna letters writers.

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Abimilki

Abimilki (''Amorite'':, LÚa-bi-mil-ki) around 1347 BC held the rank of Prince of Tyre (called "Surru" in the letters), during the period of the Amarna letters correspondence (1360–1332 BC). Amarna letters localities and rulers and Abimilki are Amarna letters writers.

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Achshaph

Achshaph (אַכְשָׁף; in LXX Άξείφ or Άκσάφ) was a royal city of the Canaanites, in the north of Canaan (Josh. 11:1; 12:20; 19:25). Amarna letters localities and rulers and Achshaph are Amarna letters locations.

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Acre, Israel

Acre, known locally as Akko (עַכּוֹ) and Akka (عكّا), is a city in the coastal plain region of the Northern District of Israel. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Acre, Israel are Phoenician cities.

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Adda-danu

Adda-danu was the 'mayor' of the city/city-state of Gazru-(modern Gezer, Israel) of the Amarna letters period, 1350-1335 BC. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Adda-danu are Amarna letters writers.

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Akizzi

Akizzi (Akk. ma-ki-iz-zi) was the King of Qatna around 1350-1345 BC. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Akizzi are Amarna letters writers.

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Alashiya

Alashiya (𒀀𒆷𒅆𒅀 Alašiya; 𐎀𐎍𐎘𐎊 ẢLṮY; Linear B: 𐀀𐀨𐀯𐀍 Alasios; Hieratic "'irs3"), also spelled Alasiya, also known as the Kingdom of Alashiya, was a state which existed in the Middle and Late Bronze Ages, and was situated somewhere in the Eastern Mediterranean. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Alashiya are Amarna letters locations.

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Amanmašša

Amanmašša is the name of an Egyptian official, but probably two separate officials (?), in the 1350–1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence.

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Amarna

Amarna (al-ʿAmārna) is an extensive ancient Egyptian archaeological site containing the remains of what was the capital city during the late Eighteenth Dynasty.

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Amarna letter EA 15

Amarna letter EA 15, titled Assyria Joins the International Scene, is a shorter-length clay tablet Amarna letter from Ashur-uballit I of the Land of Assyria, (line 3 of EA 15). Amarna letters localities and rulers and Amarna letter EA 15 are Amarna letters.

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Amarna letter EA 205

Amarna letter EA 205, titled: "Ready for Marching Orders (5)" is a short letter from the Ruler of city Ṭubu. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Amarna letter EA 205 are Amarna letters.

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Amarna letter EA 252

Amarna letter EA 252, titled: Sparing One's Enemies, is a square, mostly flat clay tablet letter written on both sides, and the bottom edge. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Amarna letter EA 252 are Amarna letters.

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Amarna letter EA 256

Amarna letter EA 256, in short EA 256, catalogued under the title Oaths and Denials, 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 20–25 years later). Amarna letters localities and rulers and Amarna letter EA 256 are Amarna letters.

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Amarna letter EA 286

Amarna letter EA 286, titled: "A Throne Granted, Not Inherited,"Moran, William L. 1987, 1992. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Amarna letter EA 286 are Amarna letters.

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Amarna letter EA 288

(very high-resolution expandable photo) --> Amarna letter EA 288, titled Benign Neglect, is a tall, finely-inscribed clay tablet letter, approximately 7.5 in tall x 4.5 in wide, broken into two pieces, from Abdi-Heba the mayor/ruler of Jerusalem, of the mid 14th century BC Amarna letters. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Amarna letter EA 288 are Amarna letters.

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Amarna letter EA 299

(high-resolution expandable photo) (EA 299 is a wider tablet.) --> Amarna letter EA 299, titled: "A Plea for Help", is a fairly short clay tablet Amarna letter from "governor" Yapahu of city-state Gazru. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Amarna letter EA 299 are Amarna letters.

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Amarna letter EA 364

(high resolution expandible photo) --> Amarna letter EA 364, titled Justified War, is a clay tablet letter from Ayyab, ruler of Aštartu, to Pharaoh Akhenaten (1350s–1330s BC). Amarna letters localities and rulers and Amarna letter EA 364 are Amarna letters.

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Amarna letters

The Amarna letters (sometimes referred to as the Amarna correspondence or Amarna tablets, and cited with the abbreviation EA, for "El Amarna") are an archive, written on clay tablets, primarily consisting of diplomatic correspondence between the Egyptian administration and its representatives in Canaan and Amurru, or neighboring kingdom leaders, during the New Kingdom, spanning a period of no more than thirty years in the middle 14th century BC.

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Amarna Period

The Amarna Period was an era of Egyptian history during the later half of the Eighteenth Dynasty when the royal residence of the pharaoh and his queen was shifted to Akhetaten ('Horizon of the Aten') in what is now Amarna.

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Amioun

Amioun (translit; Αμιούν) is the capital of the predominantly Greek Orthodox Koura District (i.e. χώρα, "country" in Greek) in North Lebanon. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Amioun are Amarna letters locations and Phoenician cities.

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Ammittamru I

Ammittamru I (known in some sources as Amishtammru I or Amistammru I, 𒄠𒈪𒄑𒌓𒊑 Ammîstamri) was a king of the ancient Syrian city of Ugarit who ruled c. 1350 BC.

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Ammunira

Ammunira was a king of Beirut in the mid-fourteenth century BCE. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Ammunira are Amarna letters writers.

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Amurru kingdom

Amurru (Sumerian: 𒈥𒌅𒆠 MAR.TUKI; Akkadian: 𒀀𒈬𒌨𒊏 Amûrra, 𒀀𒈬𒊑 Amuri, 𒀀𒄯𒊑 Amurri) was an Amorite kingdom established c. 2000 BC, in a region spanning present-day Northern Lebanon and north-western Syria. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Amurru kingdom are Amarna letters locations.

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Anti-Lebanon mountains

The Anti-Lebanon mountains (eastern mountains of Lebanon) are a southwest–northeast-trending, c. long mountain range that forms most of the border between Syria and Lebanon.

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Arqa

Arqa (translit; translit) is a Lebanese village near Miniara in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon, 22 km northeast of Tripoli, near the coast. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Arqa are Amarna letters locations, Amarna letters writers and Phoenician cities.

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Arsawuya

Arsawuya was a 'mayor' of Ruhizzi, located east of Qidšu-(Kadesh), and farther east beyond the Anti-Lebanon mountain range, during the 1350–1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Arsawuya are Amarna letters writers.

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Arzawa

Arzawa was a region and political entity in Western Anatolia during the Late Bronze Age. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Arzawa are Amarna letters locations.

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Ascalon

Ascalon (Philistine: 𐤀𐤔𐤒𐤋𐤍, romanized: *; ʾAšqəlōn; Askálōn; Ascalon; ʿAsqalān) was an ancient Near East port city on the Mediterranean coast of the southern Levant of high historical significance, including early on as a major Philistine city, and later as an much contested stronghold during the Crusades. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Ascalon are Amarna letters locations and Phoenician cities.

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Ashur-uballit I

Ashur-uballit I (Aššur-uballiṭ I), who reigned between 1363 and 1328 BC, was the first king of the Middle Assyrian Empire. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Ashur-uballit I are Amarna letters writers.

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Assyria

Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: x16px, māt Aššur) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC, which eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th century BC to the 7th century BC.

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Ayyab

Ayyab was a ruler of Aštartu (present day Tell Ashtara) south of Damascus. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Ayyab are Amarna letters writers.

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Aziru

Aziru (Akk. ma-zi-ra) was the Canaanite ruler of Amurru, modern Lebanon, in the 14th century BC. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Aziru are Amarna letters writers.

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Šatiya

Šatiya, also Satiya, or Shatiya was the ruler-'mayor' of Enišasi, during the Amarna letters period of 1350–1335 BC. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Šatiya are Amarna letters writers.

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Šuppiluliuma I

Šuppiluliuma I, also Suppiluliuma or Suppiluliumas was an ancient Hittite king (r. –1322 BC). Amarna letters localities and rulers and Šuppiluliuma I are Amarna letters writers.

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Šuwardata

Šuwardata (Shuwardata), also Šuardatu, is understood by most scholars to be the king of the Canaanite city of Gath (Tell es-Safi), although some have suggested that he was the 'mayor' of Qiltu (Keilah?, or Qi'iltu), during the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Šuwardata are Amarna letters writers.

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Barga (kingdom)

Barga was an ancient city and later kingdom in the Syrian Coastal Mountain Range in the Bronze age and Iron age. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Barga (kingdom) are Amarna letters locations.

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Bashan

Bashan (translit; Basan or Basanitis) is the ancient, biblical name used for the northernmost region of the Transjordan during the Iron Age.

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Beirut

Beirut (help) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Beirut are Phoenician cities.

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Bel (mythology)

Bêl (from bēlu) is a title signifying 'lord' or 'master' applied to various gods in the Mesopotamian religion of Akkad, Assyria, and Babylonia.

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Biridašwa

Biridašwa (Sanskrit: "Prītāśva," "whose horse is dear" (Mayrhofer II 182)) was a mayor of Aštartu, (Tell-Ashtara), south of Damascus, (named Dimasqu/Dimašqu), during the time of the Amarna letters correspondence, about 1350–1335 BC.

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Biridiya

Biridiya was the ruler of Megiddo, northern part of the southern Levant, in the 14th century BC. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Biridiya are Amarna letters writers.

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Biryawaza

Biryawaza was a powerful ruler in the area of Egyptian controlled Syria in the middle fourteenth century BC.

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Burna-Buriash II

Burna-Buriaš II (rendered in cuneiform as Bur-na- or Bur-ra-Bu-ri-ia-aš, and meaning servant/protégé of the Lord of the lands in the Kassite language), was a king in the Kassite dynasty of Babylon, in a kingdom contemporarily called Karduniaš, ruling ca. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Burna-Buriash II are Amarna letters writers.

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Byblos

Byblos (Βύβλος), also known as Jebeil, Jbeil or Jubayl (Jubayl, locally Jbeil; 𐤂𐤁𐤋,, probably Gebal), is an ancient city in the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Byblos are Amarna letters locations and Phoenician cities.

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Cilicia

Cilicia is a geographical region in southern Anatolia, extending inland from the northeastern coasts of the Mediterranean Sea.

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City-state

A city-state is an independent sovereign city which serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life over its contiguous territory.

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Damascus

Damascus (Dimašq) is the capital and largest city of Syria, the oldest current capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Damascus are Amarna letters locations.

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Endaruta

Endaruta was the ruler of Achshaph-(Akšapa of the letters), in the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Endaruta are Amarna letters writers.

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Enišasi

Enišasi, was a city, or city-state located in the Beqaa Valley-(called Amqu, or Amka) of Lebanon, during the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Enišasi are Amarna letters locations and Phoenician cities.

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Etakkama

Etakkama, as a common name, but also, Aitukama, Atak(k)ama, Etak(k)ama, and Itak(k)ama is the name for the 'mayor' (king) of Qidšu, (Kadesh) of the 1350–1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Etakkama are Amarna letters writers.

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Garrison

A garrison (from the French garnison, itself from the verb garnir, "to equip") is any body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it.

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Gezer

Gezer, or Tel Gezer (גֶּזֶר), in تل الجزر – Tell Jezar or Tell el-Jezari is an archaeological site in the foothills of the Judaean Mountains at the border of the Shfela region roughly midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Gezer are Amarna letters locations and Phoenician cities.

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Hittite language

Hittite (𒌷𒉌𒅆𒇷|translit.

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Hittites

The Hittites were an Anatolian Indo-European people who formed one of the first major civilizations of Bronze Age West Asia.

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Jerusalem

Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Jerusalem are Amarna letters locations.

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Kadashman-Enlil I

Kadašman-Enlil I, typically rendered mka-dáš-man-dEN.LÍL in contemporary inscriptions (with the archaic masculine determinative preceding his name), was a Kassite King of Babylon from ca. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Kadashman-Enlil I are Amarna letters writers.

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Kadesh (Syria)

Kadesh, or Qadesh, was an ancient city of the Levant on or near the headwaters or a ford of the Orontes River. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Kadesh (Syria) are Amarna letters locations.

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Kamid el-Loz

Kamid el-Loz, also spelled Kamid al-Lawz, is located in West Bekaa, Lebanon. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Kamid el-Loz are Amarna letters locations and Phoenician cities.

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Karduniaš

Karduniaš, also transcribed Kurduniash, Karduniash, Karaduniše) is a Kassite term used for the kingdom centered on Babylonia and founded by the Kassite dynasty. It is used in the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence, and is also used frequently in Middle Assyrian and Neo-Assyrian texts to refer to the kingdom of Babylon. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Karduniaš are Amarna letters locations.

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Labaya

Labaya (Labayu or Lib'ayu) was the ruler of Shechem and warlord in the central hill country of southern Canaan during the Amarna Period (c. 1350 BC). Amarna letters localities and rulers and Labaya are Amarna letters writers.

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Milkilu

Milki-ilu of Gezer (Milkilu, Milk-ilu, Ili-Milku), was the mayor/ruler of the Land of Gazru (Gezer) around 1350 BC. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Milkilu are Amarna letters writers.

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Mitanni

Mitanni (–1260 BC), earlier called Ḫabigalbat in old Babylonian texts,; Hanigalbat or Hani-Rabbat in Assyrian records, or Naharin in Egyptian texts, was a Hurrian-speaking state in northern Syria and southeast Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) with Indo-Aryan linguistic and political influences.

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Mizraim

Mizraim (cf. Miṣr) is the Hebrew and Aramaic name for the land of Egypt and its people.

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Mutbaal

Mutbaal (Akk. "man of Baal") was a Canaanite king of the Amarna Period. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Mutbaal are Amarna letters writers.

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Naharin

Naharin, MdC transliteration nhrn, was the ancient Egyptian term for the kingdom of Mitanni during the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt.

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Naziba

Naziba, was a small 'city', or 'city-state' south of Dimašqu-(Damascus), in the 1350–1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Naziba are Amarna letters locations and Amarna letters writers.

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Niqmaddu II

Niqmaddu II was the second ruler and king of Ugarit, an ancient Syrian citystate in northwestern Syria, reigning c. 1350–1315 BC (or possibly c. 1380–1346 BC) and succeeding his less known father, Ammittamru I. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Niqmaddu II are Amarna letters writers.

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Nuhašše

Nuhašše (kurnu-ḫa-áš-še; kurnu-ḫa-šeki), was a region in northwestern Syria that flourished in the 2nd millennium BC. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Nuhašše are Amarna letters locations.

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Palestine (region)

The region of Palestine, also known as Historic Palestine, is a geographical area in West Asia.

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Pella, Jordan

Pella (Πέλλα) was an ancient city in what is now northwest Jordan, and contains ruins from the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Canaanite, Hellenistic and Islamic periods.

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Prostration formula

In the 1350 BC correspondence of 382 letters, called the Amarna letters, the prostration formula is usually the opening subservient remarks to the addressee, the Egyptian pharaoh. Amarna letters localities and rulers and prostration formula are Amarna letters and Amarna letters writers.

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Pu-Ba'lu

Pu-Ba'lu, (another spelling, also Pu-Bahla) was ruler/mayor of Yursa, (a city/city-state in Canaan(?)), identified with Tell Jemmeh, of the 1350–1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Pu-Ba'lu are Amarna letters writers.

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Qanawat

Qanawat (Qanawāt) is a village in Syria, located 7 km north-east of al-Suwayda.

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Qatna

Qatna (modern: تل المشرفة, Tell al-Mishrifeh; also Tell Misrife or Tell Mishrifeh) was an ancient city located in Homs Governorate, Syria. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Qatna are Amarna letters locations.

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Rib-Hadda

Rib-Hadda (also rendered Rib-Addi, Rib-Addu, Rib-Adda) was king of Byblos during the mid fourteenth century BCE. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Rib-Hadda are Amarna letters writers.

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Ruhizzi

Ruhizzi, was a city, or city-state located in northern Canaan or southern Amurru territories, in the foothills of Mount Hermon during the time of the Amarna letters correspondence. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Ruhizzi are Amarna letters locations.

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Satatna

Satatna, or Sitatna, and also Šutatna/Shutatna-(of a Babylonian letter of Burna-Buriash), was a 'Mayor'/Ruler of Akka, or Acco, modern Acre, Israel, during the 1350–1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Satatna are Amarna letters writers.

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Scribe

A scribe is a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of automatic printing.

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Shaizar

Shaizar or Shayzar (شيزر; in modern Arabic Saijar; Hellenistic name: Larissa in Syria, Λάρισσα εν Συρία in Greek) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located northwest of Hama.

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Shechem

Shechem (Šəḵem; Samaritan Hebrew: script), also spelled Sichem (Sykhém) was an ancient city in the southern Levant.

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Sidon

Sidon or Saida (Ṣaydā) is the third-largest city in Lebanon. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Sidon are Phoenician cities.

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Tagi of Ginti

Tagi was the ruler/mayor of ancient Ginti–(Gintikirmil), of the 14th century BC Amarna letters. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Tagi of Ginti are Amarna letters writers.

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Tarḫuntaradu

Tarḫuntaradu (Luwian: "worshiper of Tarḫunt") was king of Arzawa during the first half of the 14th century BC.

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Tel Hazor

Tel Hazor (תל חצור), also Chatsôr (חָצוֹר), translated in LXX as Hasōr (Άσώρ), named in Arabic Tell Waqqas / Tell Qedah el-Gul (Tell el-Qedah), is an archaeological tell at the site of ancient Hazor, located in Israel, Upper Galilee, north of the Sea of Galilee, in the northern Korazim Plateau. Amarna letters localities and rulers and tel Hazor are Amarna letters locations.

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Tel Lachish

Lachish (Lāḵîš; Λαχίς; Lachis) was an ancient Israelite city in the Shephelah ("lowlands of Judea") region of Canaan on the south bank of the Lakhish River mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Tel Lachish are Amarna letters locations.

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Tel Megiddo

Tel Megiddo (from תל מגידו), called in Arabic Tell el-Mütesellim "tell of the Governor", is the site of the ancient city of Megiddo (Μεγιδδώ), the remains of which form a tell or archaeological mound, situated in northern Israel at the western edge of the Jezreel Valley about southeast of Haifa near the depopulated Palestinian town of Lajjun and subsequently Kibbutz Megiddo. Amarna letters localities and rulers and tel Megiddo are Amarna letters locations.

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Tell Ashtara

Tell Ashtara (تل عشترة) is an archaeological mound south of Damascus. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Tell Ashtara are Amarna letters locations.

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Text corpus

In linguistics and natural language processing, a corpus (corpora) or text corpus is a dataset, consisting of natively digital and older, digitalized, language resources, either annotated or unannotated.

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Tjaru

Tjaru (ṯꜣrw) was an ancient Egyptian fortress on the Way of Horus or Horus military road, the major road leading out of Egypt into Canaan. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Tjaru are Amarna letters locations.

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Tob

Tob was the name of a place in ancient Israel, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.

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Tubu (town)

Tubu is the town east of the Sea of Galilee referred to in the (body) of the Amarna letters. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Tubu (town) are Amarna letters locations.

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Tushratta

Tushratta (Akkadian: and) was a king of Mitanni, 1358–1335 BCE, at the end of the reign of Amenhotep III and throughout the reign of Akhenaten. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Tushratta are Amarna letters writers.

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Tyre, Lebanon

Tyre (translit; translit; Týros) or Tyr, Sur, or Sour is a city in Lebanon, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, though in medieval times for some centuries by just a small population. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Tyre, Lebanon are Amarna letters locations and Phoenician cities.

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Ugarit

Ugarit (𐎜𐎂𐎗𐎚, ʾUgarītu) was an ancient port city in northern Syria about 10 kilometers north of modern Latakia. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Ugarit are Amarna letters locations.

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Ur (cuneiform)

The cuneiform sign ur (𒌨) is a common-use sign in the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Amarna letters, and other cuneiform texts.

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William L. Moran

William Lambert Moran (August 11, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American Assyriologist. Amarna letters localities and rulers and William L. Moran are Amarna letters.

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Yapa-Hadda

Yapa-Hadda, also Yapah-Hadda, was the mayor/ruler of Biruta-(Beirut) of the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Yapa-Hadda are Amarna letters writers.

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Yidya

Yidya, and also Idiya, was the Canaanite mayor/ruler of ancient Ašqaluna in the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Yidya are Amarna letters writers.

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Yursa

Yursa was a town from the 1350–1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Yursa are Amarna letters locations.

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Zimredda of Lachish

Zimredda (Lachish mayor) was a leader of Lachish in the mid 14th century BC. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Zimredda of Lachish are Amarna letters writers.

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Zimredda of Sidon

Zimredda, also Zimr-Edda or Zimr-Eddi (𒍣𒅎𒊑𒁕 Zîmreda; Amorite: *ḏimrī hadda, "Hadad is my protection") was the mayor of Sidon, (i.e. the "King of Sidon") in the mid 14th century BC. Amarna letters localities and rulers and Zimredda of Sidon are Amarna letters writers.

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See also

Amarna letters writers

• Šatiya
• Šuppiluliuma I
• Šuwardata
• Abdi-Ashirta
• Abdi-Heba
• Abdi-Riša
• Abimilki
• Adda-danu
• Akizzi
• Amarna letters localities and rulers
• Ammunira
• Arqa
• Arsawuya
• Ashur-uballit I
• Ayyab
• Aziru
• Biridiya
• Burna-Buriash II
• DU-Teššup
• Endaruta
• Etakkama
• Ili-Rapih
• Kadashman-Enlil I
• Labaya
• Lady of the Lions
• Milkilu
• Mutbaal
• Naziba
• Niqmaddu II
• Prostration formula
• Pu-Ba'lu
• Rib-Hadda
• Satatna
• Tagi of Ginti
• Tushratta
• Yabitiri
• Yapa-Hadda
• Yapahu
• Yidya
• Zimredda of Lachish
• Zimredda of Sidon
• Zita (Hittite prince)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarna_letters_localities_and_rulers

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