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| Amarna letter EA 5 (Obverse) | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Obverse King Kadashman-Enlil I of Babylon (Kardunias) to Pharaoh | |
| Material | Clay |
| Size | Height: 5.51 in (14.0 cm) Width: 2.75 in (7.0 cm) Thickness: 0.788 in (2.00 cm) |
| Writing | cuneiform (Akkadian language) |
| Created | ~1375-1335 BC (Amarna Period) |
| Period/culture | Middle Babylonian |
| Place | Akhetaten |
| Present location | British Museum, London BM 29787 |
Amarna Letter EA5, one of the Amarna letters (cited with the abbreviation EA, for "El Amarna"), is a correspondence between Kadašman-Enlil I and Amenhotep III.
The letter exists as two artifacts, one at the British Museum (BM29787) and one in the Cairo Museum (C12195).
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.
The letter
EA 5: Gifts of Egyptian Furniture for the Babylonian Palace
EA 5, letter five of five, Pharaoh to Kadashman-Enlil. (Not a linear, line-by-line translation.)
- Paragraph 1
(Lines 1-12)--ey Kadašman-Enlil, the king of Karadunniyaš, my brother: For m]e all goes (well). For you may all go well. For you]r wives, ur , yo troops, ur , your , and i well. l goes well. For my household, wives, , my magnates, my ma troops, my , my chariots, and in y all goes very, very well.
- Paragraph 2
(Lines 13-33)--I have heard that you have built some n quarters. I am sending herewith some furnishings for your house. Indeed I shall be preparing everything possible before the arrival of your messenger who is bringing your daughter. When your messenger returns, I will send (them) to u. I herewith send you , in the charge of Šutti, a greeting-gift of things for the new house: 1 bed of ebony, overlaid with ivory and gold; 3 beds of ebony, overlaid with gold; 1 uruššu of ebony, overlaid with gold; 1 lar chair f ebo, overlaid with gold. These things, the weight of all the gold: 7 minas, 9 shekels, of silver (In addition), 10 footrests of ebony; of ebony, overlaid with gold; footrests of ivory, overlaid with gold; . . . of gold. minas, 10 and 7 shekels, of gold.--(complete, lacunas throughout, lines 1-33)
See also
- Chronology of the ancient Near East
- Amarna letters: EA 1, EA 2, EA 3, EA 4, EA 6, EA 7, EA 8, EA 9, EA 10, EA 11
- List of Amarna letters by size
References
- ^ W.L.Moran (edited and translated). The Amarna Letters (PDF). published by the Johns Hopkins University Press - Baltimore, London. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-14. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - P. Sundberg - El-Amarna Tablets Archived 2015-07-04 at the Wayback Machine West Semitic Research Project (University of Southern California)
- W.L.Moran (edited and translated) - The Amarna Letters (p.xvi) published by the Johns Hopkins University Press - Baltimore, London (Brown University)
- Moran, William L. 1987, 1992. The Amarna Letters. EA 5, "Gifts of Egyptian Furniture for the Babylonian Palace", pp. 10-11.
External links
- Photo EA 5, Obverse, (British Museum piece: BM 29787)
- Photo EA 5, Reverse, (British Museum piece: BM 29787) (note: line 17 from Obverse extends across the entire Reverse (upside down cuneiform))
- British Museum page for Amarna letter EA 5
- CDLI entry of EA 5 ( Chicago Digital Library Initiative )
- CDLI listing of all EA Amarna letters, 1-382
