Amarna Letter EA10

Amarna Letter EA10 is the letter of the Amarna series of inscriptions designated EA10, which is inscribed with cuneiform writing showing the continuation of a correspondence between Burna-Buriash II (otherwise known as Burra-Buriyaš) an ancient king of Babylon, and Akhenaten (also known as Amenophis III), an ancient pharaoh of Egypt. [1]

Some part of the contents of the letter indicates (in addition to EA11) that the Egyptian pharaoh married his daughters (named Meritaten and Ankhesenpaaten) at a time when they were about 11 or 12 years of age. [1]

Within the letter Burna-Buriash II praises the craftsmen of the land of Akhenaten, and requests a model of an animal, either land or aquatic, and he is apparently indifferent to which of the two the pharaoh should choose to have created.[2]

The letter is part of a series of correspondences from Babylonia to Egypt, which run from EA2 to EA4 and EA6 to EA14. EA1 and EA5 are from Egypt to Babylonia. [3][4]

See also

Amarna letters: EA1, EA2, EA3, EA4, EA5, EA6, EA7, EA8, EA9, EA11

References

  1. 1 2 S. Najovits. Egypt, the Trunk of the Tree, Vol.II: A Modern Survey of and Ancient Land. Algora Publishing, 1 Oct 2003, 268 pages, ISBN 0875862578. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
  2. ↑ S. St C. Bostock - Zoos and Animal Rights (p.9) Routledge, 2 Sep 2003, 240 pages, ISBN 1134942451 [Retrieved 2015-07-07]
  3. ↑ W.L.Moran (edited and translated) - The Amarna Letters (p.xvi) published by the Johns Hopkins University Press - Baltimore, London (Brown University) [Retrieved 2015-07-09]
  4. ↑ W.L.Moran (edited and translated). The Amarna Letters (PDF). published by the Johns Hopkins University Press - Baltimore, London (University of Cincinnati’s Faculty Portfolio Initiative). Retrieved 2015-07-04.
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