An Ancient Inscription Identified Some Of The Ruins At El Amarna As The Place Of The Letters Of The Pharaoh. Discovered There, Circa 1887, Were Nearly Four Hundred Cuneiform Tablets Containing Correspondence Of The Egyptian Court With Rulers Of Neighboring States In The Mid-fourteenth Century B.c. Previous Translations Of These Letters Were Both Incomplete And Reflected An Imperfect Understanding Of The Babylonian Dialects In Which They Were Written. William Moran Devoted A Lifetime Of Study To The Amarna Letters To Prepare This Authoritative English Translation. The Letters Provide A Vivid Record Of High-level Diplomatic Exchanges That, By Modern Standards, Are Often Less Than Diplomatic. An Assyrian Ruler Complains That The Egyptian King's Latest Gift Of Gold Was Not Even Sufficient To Pay The Cost Of The Messengers Who Brought It. The King Of Babylon Refuses To Give His Daughter In Marriage To The Pharaoh Without First Having Proof That The King's Sister -- Already One Of The Pharaoh's Many Wives -- Is Still Alive And Well. The King Of Karaduniyash Complains That The Egyptian Court Has Detained His Messenger -- For The Past Six Years. And Egyptian Vassal Rib-hadda, Writing From The Besieged Port Of Byblos, Repeatedly Demands Military Assistance For His City Or, Failing That, An Egyptian Ship To Permit His Own Escape. The Amarna Letters -- Index Of Words Discussed -- Index Of Proper Names -- Map Of The Near East In The Amarna Period -- Map Of Vassal Cities And Egyptian Administrative Centers. Edited And Translated By William L. Moran. Translation Of: Tell El-amarna Tablets. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.

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William Lambert Moran

United States, United States of America

English-language ed, Baltimore, c1992

New Ed edition, October 31, 2000

Baltimore, MD, 2002

PS, 2002

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Translation of: Tell el-Amarna tablets.

<p>An ancient inscription identified some of the ruins at el Amarna as "The Place of the Letters of the Pharaoh." Discovered there, circa 1887, were nearly four hundred cuneiform tablets containing correspondence of the Egyptian court with rulers of neighboring states in the mid-fourteenth century B.C. Previous translations of these letters were both incomplete and reflected an imperfect understanding of the Babylonian dialects in which they were written. William Moran devoted a lifetime of study to the Amarna letters to prepare this authoritative English translation.</p>
<p>The letters provide a vivid record of high-level diplomatic exchanges that, by modern standards, are often less than diplomatic. An Assyrian ruler complains that the Egyptian king's latest gift of gold was not even sufficient to pay the cost of the messengers who brought it. The king of Babylon refuses to give his daughter in marriage to the pharaoh without first having proof that the king's sister—already one of the pharaoh's many wives—is still alive and well. The king of Karaduniyash complains that the Egyptian court has "detained" his messenger—for the past six years. And Egyptian vassal Rib-Hadda, writing from the besieged port of Byblos, repeatedly demands military assistance for his city or, failing that, an Egyptian ship to permit his own escape.</p>

An ancient inscription identified some of the ruins at el Amarna as "The Place of the Letters of the Pharaoh". Discovered there, circa 1887, were nearly 400 cuneiform tablets containing correspondence of the Egyptian court with rulers of neighboring states in the mid-14 century BC. Previous translations of these letters were both incomplete and reflected an imperfect understanding of the Babylonian dialects in which they were written. William Moran devoted a lifetime of study to the Amarna letters to prepare this authoritative English translation

Say [t]o Kadasman-Enlil, the king of Karadun[i]se, my brother: Thus Nibmuarea, Great King, the king of Egypt, your brother.

2011-08-31