Egyptian royal archives at Amarna
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The Egyptian royal archives at Amarna are a cache of 14th-century BCE cuneiform tablets (the Amarna Letters) documenting diplomatic correspondence between the Egyptian court and Near Eastern rulers.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient archive
ⓘ
cuneiform tablet corpus ⓘ diplomatic correspondence collection ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Amarna Letters
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ⓘ
Amarna archive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite | Tell el-Amarna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalRange | circa 1360–1330 BCE ⓘ |
| correspondentsInclude |
Egyptian royal court
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ⓘ
kings of Assyria NERFINISHED ⓘ kings of Babylonia NERFINISHED ⓘ kings of Hatti NERFINISHED ⓘ kings of Mitanni NERFINISHED ⓘ rulers of Canaanite city-states ⓘ rulers of Cyprus (Alashiya) ⓘ rulers of Syria ⓘ |
| dateFrom |
14th century BCE
ⓘ
reign of Amenhotep III ⓘ |
| dateTo | reign of Akhenaten ⓘ |
| discoveredInCentury | 19th century CE ⓘ |
| excavatedAt | Tell el-Amarna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
administrative texts
ⓘ
royal letters ⓘ |
| heldAt |
Berlin Vorderasiatisches Museum
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ⓘ
British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Egyptian Museum in Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ Louvre Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Late Bronze Age ⓘ |
| language |
Akkadian
ⓘ
Canaanite dialects ⓘ Hurrian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Akhetaten
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Amarna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfItems | over 350 tablets ⓘ |
| regionCovered |
Eastern Mediterranean
ⓘ
Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
evidence for Egyptian imperial administration in Syria-Palestine
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evidence for diplomatic use of Akkadian as lingua franca ⓘ evidence for political structure of Levantine city-states ⓘ key source for Late Bronze Age international relations ⓘ |
| subject |
gift exchange
ⓘ
international diplomacy ⓘ royal marriage negotiations ⓘ territorial disputes ⓘ vassal relations ⓘ |
| writingMaterial | unbaked clay ⓘ |
| writtenInScript | cuneiform ⓘ |
| writtenOn | clay tablets ⓘ |
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