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| Amarna Letters |
Amarna Letters, a collecting of agreement spanning the reigns of
Amenhotep III (1391-1353 B.C.E.),
Akhenaten (1353-1335 B.C.E.), and into the first year of
Tutankhamuns rule (1333-1323 B.C.E.), these were learned in the ruins of
Akhenaten's capital of Amarna in 1887, taken from a site described the Place of the Letters of the Pharaohs. Some 382 cuneiform tablets constitute the body of the assembling, written in the old Babylonian accent of the
Akkadians, the lingua franca of the territory at the time. This adopted language used altered Egyptian and Syrian terms as well. The letters take diplomatic texts that reflect the switching trade and military exploits of the era. They are actually representations of proportionateness between noted kingdoms, providing insights into commitments, protocol, pacts, vassal status, and the ever-changing lands of competing empires.
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