Amarna letter EA11

Amarna letter EA11 is a letter of correspondence to Akhenaten of Egypt from the king of Babylon, Burna-Buriash II.[1]

The tablet onto which letter EA11 is inscribed is badly damaged.[2]

The letter content suggests of the place Amarna having experienced an epidemic of some kind of plague.[2]

The letter (together with letter EA10) seems to undoubtedly indicate that Akhenaten married his daughters Meritaten and Ankhesenpaaten at a time when they were both 11 of 12 years of age. Meritaten is described as the mistress of the royal house within the text. [1][3]

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. [4][5]

See also

Amarna letters: EA1, EA2, EA3, EA4, EA5, EA6, EA7, EA8, EA9, EA10

References

  1. 1 2 S. Najovits. Egypt, the Trunk of the Tree, Vol.II: A Modern Survey of and Ancient Land (p.167). Algora Publishing, 1 Oct 2003, 268 pages, ISBN 0875862578. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
  2. 1 2 G.R. Dabbs, J.C.Rose, M. Zabecki. Egyptian Bioarchaeology: Humans, Animals, and the Environment. Sidestone Press 5 Feb 2015, 237 pages, ISBN 9088902887. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
  3. ↑ J.P.Allen - Causing His Name To Live: Studies in Egyptian Epigraphy and History in Memory of William J. Murnane (p.19) Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, BRILL, 8 Oct 2009, 256 pages, ISBN 9047429885 [Retrieved 2015-07-09]
  4. ↑ 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]
  5. ↑ 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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