This is a list of the "Amarna letters

Amarna letters

The Amarna letters are an archive of correspondence on clay tablets, mostly diplomatic, between the Egyptian administration and its representatives in Canaan and Amurru during the New Kingdom...

" –Text corpus

Text corpus

In linguistics, a corpus or text corpus is a large and structured set of texts...

, categorized by: Amarna letters–localities and their rulers. It includes countries, regions, and the cities/or 'city-state

City-state

A city-state is an independent or autonomous entity whose territory consists of a city which is not administered as a part of another local government.-Historical city-states:...

s' . The regions are included in Canaan and the Levant.

EA: 'el Amarna' –(Akhenaten's capitol of Akhetaten).

The Amarna letters text corpus contains 382 numbered letters; there are "sub-Text corpora" in the letters, most notably the 68–letter corpus of Rib-Hadda

Rib-Hadda

Rib-Hadda was king of Byblos during the mid fourteenth century BCE. He is the author of some sixty of the Amarna letters all to Akhenaten...

 of Gubla–(Byblos

Byblos

Byblos is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal . It is a Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of present-day Lebanon under the current Arabic name of Jubayl and was also referred to as Gibelet during the Crusades...

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Localities / Rulers

Locality	Ruler	Notes:
Ahtiašna	Sur-Ašar	EA 319, line 4 (author)
(Akka Acre, Israel Acre , is a city in the Western Galilee region of northern Israel at the northern extremity of Haifa Bay. Acre is one of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the country.... )(=Acco) Acre, Israel Acre, Israel Acre , is a city in the Western Galilee region of northern Israel at the northern extremity of Haifa Bay. Acre is one of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the country.... Biblical: Acco Acre, Israel Acre , is a city in the Western Galilee region of northern Israel at the northern extremity of Haifa Bay. Acre is one of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the country....	Surata
(Akka Acre, Israel Acre , is a city in the Western Galilee region of northern Israel at the northern extremity of Haifa Bay. Acre is one of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the country.... )(=Acco Acre, Israel Acre , is a city in the Western Galilee region of northern Israel at the northern extremity of Haifa Bay. Acre is one of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the country.... ) Acre, Israel Acre, Israel Acre , is a city in the Western Galilee region of northern Israel at the northern extremity of Haifa Bay. Acre is one of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the country.... Biblical: Acco Acre, Israel Acre , is a city in the Western Galilee region of northern Israel at the northern extremity of Haifa Bay. Acre is one of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the country....	Satatna Satatna Satatna, or Sitatna, and also Šutatna/Shutatna-, was a 'Mayor'/Ruler of Akka, or Acco, modern Acre, Israel, during the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence....
(Akšapa) Achshaph Achshaph Achshaph - "fascination", a royal city of the Canaanites, in the north of Canaan . It was in the eastern boundary of the tribe of Asher, and is identified with the modern ruined village of Kesaf or Yasif, northeast of Acre....	Endaruta Endaruta Endaruta was the ruler of Achshaph-, in the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Endaruta was the author of EA 223, , of the letters. He is only referenced in two other letters EA 366 and 367, but EA 367, entitled: "From the Pharaoh to a vassal" is addressed to Endaruta, with instructions...	EA 223, l 4; EA 366, l. 23; EA 367, l. 1
Alashiya Alashiya Alashiya or Alasiya was a state which existed in the Middle and Late Bronze Ages, and was situated somewhere in the Eastern Mediterranean. It was a major source of goods, especially copper, for Ancient Egypt and other states in the Ancient Near East. It is referred to in a number of the surviving... ("Cyprus")	'King' of Alashiya	Seldom named: (Or referred to in other EA's) Exception: EA 114-(of Rib-Hadda Rib-Hadda Rib-Hadda was king of Byblos during the mid fourteenth century BCE. He is the author of some sixty of the Amarna letters all to Akhenaten...  of Gubla/Byblos Byblos Byblos is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal . It is a Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of present-day Lebanon under the current Arabic name of Jubayl and was also referred to as Gibelet during the Crusades... ), See: Amanmašša Amanmašša Amanmašša is the name of an Egyptian official, but probably two separate officials-, in the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Amanmašša's name in Egyptian means "Amun-born", .... (author)–7 letters, EA 33-39
Amurru Amurru kingdom Amurru was an Amorite kingdom located at the territory of modern Lebanon during the 14th–12th centuries BCThe first documented leader of Amurru was Abdi-Ashirta, under whose leadership Amurru was part of the Egyptian empire...	Abdi-Ashirta Abdi-Ashirta Abdi-Ashirta was the ruler of Amurru, a new kingdom in southern Syria subject to nominal Egyptian control, that was in conflict with King Rib-Hadda of Byblos....
Amurru Amurru kingdom Amurru was an Amorite kingdom located at the territory of modern Lebanon during the 14th–12th centuries BCThe first documented leader of Amurru was Abdi-Ashirta, under whose leadership Amurru was part of the Egyptian empire...	Aziru Aziru Aziru was the Canaanite ruler of Amurru, modern Lebanon, in the fourteenth century BC. He was the son of Abdi-Ashirta, the previous Egyptian vassal of Amurru and a direct contemporary of Akhenaten.The dealings of Aziru are well-known from the Amarna letters...
Arašni	Miya	EA 75, l. 30–"ruler of Arašni"
Arqa Arqa Arqa is a village near Miniara in Akkar District of the North Governorate in Lebanon, 22 km northeast of Tripoli, near the coast... , see: (Irqata)
Arzawa Arzawa Arzawa in the second half of the second millennium BC was the name of a region and a political entity in Western Anatolia, the core area of which was centered on the Hermos and Maeander river valleys, corresponding with the Late Bronze Age kingdoms of the...	Tarhundaraba	EA 31, l. 2 Pharaoh's letter to Tarhundaraba Title: "Marriage negotiations, (in Hittite Hittite language Hittite is the extinct language once spoken by the Hittites, a people who created an empire centred on Hattusa in north-central Anatolia... )"
Assyria Assyria Assyria was a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history. It was named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur...	Ashur-uballit I Ashur-uballit I Ashur-uballit I , was king of the Assyrian empire . His reign marks Assyria's independence from the kingdom of Mitanni, by defeating Shuttarna II; and the beginning of Assyria's emergence as a powerful empire...	EA 15, l. 3, 16 (3) (author)
(Ašqaluna) Ashkelon Ashkelon Ashkelon is a coastal city in the South District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast, south of Tel Aviv, and north of the border with the Gaza Strip. The ancient seaport of Ashkelon dates back to the Neolithic Age...	Yidya Yidya Yidya, and also Idiya, was the mayor/ruler of ancient Ašqaluna/Ashkelon in the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence.Yidya is mainly referenced in the Amarna letters corpus, in his own letters: EA 320–326,...
(Aštartu) Tell-Ashtara Tell-Ashtara Tell-Ashtara, or Tell-'Ashtara, also Aštartu, was a site south of Damascus mentioned in the Amarna letters correspondence of 1350 BC. In the Amarna letters the city is named: Aštartu, and is the Biblical 'Ashtarot'....	Ayyab Ayyab Ayyab was a king of Aštartu, named Tell 'Aštara, during the Amarna letters correspondence of 1350-1335 BC, . His city is located south of Damascus-, and is involved with the takeover of cities by the Habiru of the Amarna letters intrigues...	EA 256 and 364 (author of 364)
(Aštartu) Tell-Ashtara Tell-Ashtara Tell-Ashtara, or Tell-'Ashtara, also Aštartu, was a site south of Damascus mentioned in the Amarna letters correspondence of 1350 BC. In the Amarna letters the city is named: Aštartu, and is the Biblical 'Ashtarot'....	Biridašwa Biridašwa Biridašwa was a mayor of Aštartu, , south of Damascus, , during the time of the Amarna letters correspondence, about 1350-1335 BC...	Only referenced in EA 196 and 197-(letters of Biryawaza Biryawaza Biryawaza was king of Damascus in the middle fourteenth century BC. In the Amarna letters, he was ordered by his Egyptian overlords to take armed action against Labaya's sons ....  of Damascus Damascus Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major... )-(letters no. 3, 4 of 4)
Babylon	Burna-Buriash II
Babylon	Kadashman-Enlil I Kadashman-Enlil I Kadašman-Enlil ITypically rendered mka-dáš-man-dEN.LÍL in contemporary inscriptions. was a Kassite King of Babylon from ca. 1374 BC to 1360 BC , perhaps the 18th of the dynasty. He is known to have been a contemporary of Amenhotep III of Egypt, with whom he corresponded...	EA's 1, 2, 3, 5 (author)
Bašan	Amawaše	EA 202, l. 3 (author)
(Biruta) Beirut	Ammunira Ammunira Ammunira was the king of Beirut in the mid fourteenth century BCE. He is mentioned in several of the Amarna letters, and authored letters EA 141-43 ....	Referenced in the late Rib-Hadda Rib-Hadda Rib-Hadda was king of Byblos during the mid fourteenth century BCE. He is the author of some sixty of the Amarna letters all to Akhenaten...  corpus: EA 137-39. EA 141-43 (author)
(Biruta) Beirut	Yapa-Hadda Yapa-Hadda Yapa-Hadda, also Yapah-Hadda, was the mayor/ruler of Biruta- of the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence.Yapa-Hadda is referenced in 13 letters of the Amarna letters 382–letter corpus, and specifically in relation to neighboring Gubla-, ruled by Rib-Hadda,... /Yapah	(author) no 1—EA 97, "A bad reputation" no 2—EA 98, "Losses from Gubla to Ugarit Ugarit Ugarit was an ancient port city in the eastern Mediterranean at the Ras Shamra headland near Latakia, Syria. It is located near Minet el-Beida in northern Syria. It is some seven miles north of Laodicea ad Mare and approximately fifty miles east of Cyprus... "
Bit-Tenni	Balu- Belu Belu is a UK based company selling environmentally friendly bottled water.Belu is a bottled water company committed to sustainable development... -Mir	EA 260, l. 2 (author)
Byblos-(Gubla) Byblos Byblos Byblos is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal . It is a Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of present-day Lebanon under the current Arabic name of Jubayl and was also referred to as Gibelet during the Crusades...	Rib-Hadda Rib-Hadda Rib-Hadda was king of Byblos during the mid fourteenth century BCE. He is the author of some sixty of the Amarna letters all to Akhenaten...	68 letter sub-corpus (author)
Damascus Damascus Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major...	Biryawaza Biryawaza Biryawaza was king of Damascus in the middle fourteenth century BC. In the Amarna letters, he was ordered by his Egyptian overlords to take armed action against Labaya's sons ....
Mizri (name of "Ancient Egypt"-(see: Mizraim Mizraim Mizraim is the Hebrew name for the land of Egypt, with the dual suffix -āyim, perhaps referring to the "two Egypts": Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt.... ))	Pharaohs:Amenhotep III and IV
Enišasi Enišasi Enišasi, was a city, or city-state located in the Beqaa Valley- of Lebanon, during the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Of the 382–Amarna letters, Enišasi is only referenced in two letters...	'Abdi-Riša Abdi-Riša Abdi-Riša was a ruler-'mayor' of Enišasi, during the period of the Amarna letters correspondence . Another mayor of Enišasi, Šatiya, is found in the Amarna letters corpus. The name "Abdi-Riša" means "servant-Riša"....	EA 363 (author)
Enišasi Enišasi Enišasi, was a city, or city-state located in the Beqaa Valley- of Lebanon, during the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Of the 382–Amarna letters, Enišasi is only referenced in two letters...	Šatiya Šatiya Šatiya, also Satiya, or Shatiya was the ruler-'mayor' of Enišasi, during the Amarna letters period of 1350-1335 BC. In the entire correspondence of 382–letters, his name is only referenced in his own letter to the Ancient Egyptian pharaoh, EA 187,...	EA 187, l. 3 (author)
(Gazru) modern Gezer Gezer Gezer was a Canaanite city-state and biblical town in ancient Israel. Tel Gezer , an archaeological site midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, is now an Israeli national park....	Adda-danu Adda-danu Adda-danu was the 'mayor' of the city/city-state of Gazru- of the Amarna letters period, 1350-1335 BC. 'Adda' is the name of the Northwest Semitic god Hadad, and Adda-danu translates as: "Hadad Judge"...	author of EA 292-294
(Gazru) modern Gezer Gezer Gezer was a Canaanite city-state and biblical town in ancient Israel. Tel Gezer , an archaeological site midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, is now an Israeli national park....	Ili-Milku	EA 286, l. 36 (reference)
(Gazru) modern Gezer Gezer Gezer was a Canaanite city-state and biblical town in ancient Israel. Tel Gezer , an archaeological site midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, is now an Israeli national park....	Milk-ilu Milkilu Milkilu, and more properly Milk-ilu, or Milku-ilu, with an alternate version of Ili-Milku-, was the mayor/ruler of Gazru- of the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence...	(numerous refs, author of 5 EA's)
(Gazru) modern Gezer Gezer Gezer was a Canaanite city-state and biblical town in ancient Israel. Tel Gezer , an archaeological site midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, is now an Israeli national park....	Yapahu	EA 297-300, EA 378 (all authored)
Gintikirmil/Ginti	Tagi (Ginti mayor) Tagi (Ginti mayor) Tagi was the ruler/mayor of ancient Ginti–, of the 14th century BC Amarna letters. Tagi's name is a Hurrian hypocoristicon for the word beautiful....	EA 264-66 (author)
Gubla, see: Byblos
Guddašuna	Yamiuta	EA 177, l. 2 (author)
(Hanigalbat), see: Mittani
Hasi	Ildayyi	EA 175, l. 3 (author)
Hasi	Mayarzana	EA 185, l 3 (author) EA 186, l 3 (author) Mayarzana's name only mentioned in EA 185/86. Hasi only mentioned here and in EA 175-(letter of Ildayyi). The subject of both EA 185/86 is Amanhatpe of Tušultu: Titles, 185: "An Egyptian traitor: [Amanhatpe of Tušultu]; 186: "Another report on the Egyptian traitor." (Note: some poetic line repetitions occur in both letters. EA 185 is 75 lines–undamaged.)
(Hasura) Hazor Hazor (archaeological site) Tel Hazor , also Hatzor, present day Tell el-Qedah, is a tell above the site of ancient Hazor, whose archaeological remains are the largest and richest known in modern Israel. Hazor was an ancient city located in the Upper Galilee, north of the Sea of Galilee, between Ramah and Kadesh, on the high...	'king' of Hasura	EA 228 (his people); EA 227, l. 3 ('king')
(Hasura) Hazor Hazor (archaeological site) Tel Hazor , also Hatzor, present day Tell el-Qedah, is a tell above the site of ancient Hazor, whose archaeological remains are the largest and richest known in modern Israel. Hazor was an ancient city located in the Upper Galilee, north of the Sea of Galilee, between Ramah and Kadesh, on the high...	'Abdi-Irši	EA 228, l. 3 (author)?
(Hasura) Hazor Hazor (archaeological site) Tel Hazor , also Hatzor, present day Tell el-Qedah, is a tell above the site of ancient Hazor, whose archaeological remains are the largest and richest known in modern Israel. Hazor was an ancient city located in the Upper Galilee, north of the Sea of Galilee, between Ramah and Kadesh, on the high...	'Abdi-Tirši	EA 228, l. 3 (author)?
Hašabu	Bieri	EA 174, l. 3 (author)
Hatti History of the Hittites Hittites were an ancient people who spoke an Indo-European language and established a kingdom centered in Hattusa in northern Anatolia from the 18th century BC. In the 14th century BC, the Hittite Kingdom was at its height, encompassing central Anatolia, south-western Syria as far as Ugarit, and...	Šuppiluliumaš (Suppiluliuma I Suppiluliuma I Suppiluliuma I was king of the Hittites . He achieved fame as a great warrior and statesman, successfully challenging the then-dominant Egyptian empire for control of the lands between the Mediterranean and the Euphrates.... )	EA 41, l. 1 (author)('king' of Hatti)
(Irqata) Arqa Arqa Arqa is a village near Miniara in Akkar District of the North Governorate in Lebanon, 22 km northeast of Tripoli, near the coast...	Aduna (Irqata mayor)	EA 75, EA 140
(Urusalim) Jerusalem	Abdi-Heba Abdi-Heba Abdi-Heba was a local chieftain of Jerusalem during the Amarna period . Abdi-Heba's name can be translated as "servant of Hebat", a Hurrian goddess. Some scholars believe the correct reading is Ebed-Nob...
Kadesh-(Qidšu) Kadesh Kadesh This article is about Kadesh in the lands of the Amurru, bordering on Damascus Syria up to Hammath; see also Kadesh or Kedesh Kadesh was an ancient city of the Levant, located on or near the headwaters or ford of the Orontes River...	Etakkama	See: EA 189: "Etakkama Etakkama Etakkama, as a common name, but also, Aitukama, Atakama, Etakama, and Itakama is the name for the 'mayor' of Qidšu, of the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence....  of Qadesh" (author)
Karaduniyaš Karaduniyaš Karduniaš, or Karduniash , is a Kassite term used for the kingdom centered on Babylonia and founded by the Kassite dynasty. It is used in the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence, and is also used frequently in Middle-Assyrian and Neo-Assyrian texts to refer to the kingdom of Babylon... Babylonia-(Babylon)	Kadashman-Enlil I Kadashman-Enlil I Kadašman-Enlil ITypically rendered mka-dáš-man-dEN.LÍL in contemporary inscriptions. was a Kassite King of Babylon from ca. 1374 BC to 1360 BC , perhaps the 18th of the dynasty. He is known to have been a contemporary of Amenhotep III of Egypt, with whom he corresponded...
Karaduniyaš Karaduniyaš Karduniaš, or Karduniash , is a Kassite term used for the kingdom centered on Babylonia and founded by the Kassite dynasty. It is used in the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence, and is also used frequently in Middle-Assyrian and Neo-Assyrian texts to refer to the kingdom of Babylon... Babylonia-(Babylon)	Burna-Buriash II
(Kumidu) Kamed al lawz Kamed al lawz Kamed El-Loz, is located in West Bekaa, Lebanon, and is known as Kumidi in the El Amarna documents.This town was the site of major German archaeological excavations between 1963 and 1981...	Arašša	EA 198, l. 4 (author) title: "From Kumidu"
(Lakiša) Lachish Lachish Lachish was an ancient Near East town located at the site of modern Tell ed-Duweir in the Shephelah, a region between Mount Hebron and the maritime plain of Philistia . The town was first mentioned in the Amarna letters as Lakisha-Lakiša...	Šipti-Ba'lu
(Lakiša) Lachish Lachish Lachish was an ancient Near East town located at the site of modern Tell ed-Duweir in the Shephelah, a region between Mount Hebron and the maritime plain of Philistia . The town was first mentioned in the Amarna letters as Lakisha-Lakiša...	Zimredda (Lachish mayor)	3 EA references: EA 333, part of topic: "Plots and disloyalty" . Death reported in Abdi-Heba Abdi-Heba Abdi-Heba was a local chieftain of Jerusalem during the Amarna period . Abdi-Heba's name can be translated as "servant of Hebat", a Hurrian goddess. Some scholars believe the correct reading is Ebed-Nob...  letter 4 of 6. EA 329 ( "Preparations under way" ) an undamaged, 20 line letter (author)
Lapana	Teuwatti	EA 193, l. 2 (author)
Magidda "Megiddo" Megiddo (place) Megiddo is a tell in modern Israel near Megiddo Kibbutz, known for its historical, geographical, and theological importance especially under its Greek name Armageddon. In ancient times Megiddo was an important city-state. Excavations have unearthed 26 layers of ruins, indicated a long period of...	Biridiya Biridiya Biridiya was the ruler of Megiddo in the 14th century BC. Biridiya authored five of the Amarna letters correspondence. He is also mentioned in the corpus from the city of 'Kumidu', the Kamid al lawz.-See also:...	EA 244 (author)
Mittani-(Hanigalbat) Mittani	Tushratta Tushratta Tushratta was a king of Mitanni at the end of the reign of Amenhotep III and throughout the reign of Akhenaten -- approximately the late 14th century BC. He was the son of Shuttarna II...	EA 17 thru 29 (author)
Muhraštu	Yaptih-Hadda	EA 288, l. 45; EA 335, l. 10
Mušihuna	Šuttarna
(Naharin Naharin Naharin, MdC transliteration nhrn, was the Ancient Egyptian term for the kingdom of Mitanni during the New Kingdom period of the 18th Dynasty. The New Kingdom 18th dynasty was in conflict with the kingdom of Mitanni for control of the Levant from the reigns of Thutmose I,  Thutmose III ... ) Mitanni Mitanni Mitanni or Hanigalbat was a loosely organized Hurrian-speaking state in northern Syria and south-east Anatolia from ca. 1500 BC–1300 BC...		(See Mitanni Mitanni Mitanni or Hanigalbat was a loosely organized Hurrian-speaking state in northern Syria and south-east Anatolia from ca. 1500 BC–1300 BC... )
Nii	Aki-Teššup	EA 59, l. 15, 18
Nuhašša Nuhašše Nuhašše, also Nuhašša, was a territory in the Syrian region mentioned in various Middle Eastern documents as between Mari on the Euphrates and Hammath. The 1350 BC Amarna letters correspondence refers to Nuhašše in 11 tablet-letters written in Akkadian cuneiform.The region was generally south of... -["Nuhasse Nuhašše Nuhašše, also Nuhašša, was a territory in the Syrian region mentioned in various Middle Eastern documents as between Mari on the Euphrates and Hammath. The 1350 BC Amarna letters correspondence refers to Nuhašše in 11 tablet-letters written in Akkadian cuneiform.The region was generally south of... "]	Addu-nirari	EA 51, l. 2 (author)
Northern Palestine	'Abdina	EA 229 (author)
Palestine	Ba'lu-mehir	EA 245, 257; (author) of 258-59
Palestine	Ba'lu-UR.SAG	EA 249-50 (author)
Palestine	Dašru	EA 262-62 (author)
Palestine	Hiziru	EA 336-37 (author)
Palestine	Šub-Andu	EA's 301-306, (author)
(Pihilu) Pella, Jordan Pella, Jordan Pella is a village and the site of ancient ruins in northwestern Jordan. It is half an hour by car from Irbid, in the north of the country....	Mut-Bahli Mutbaal Mutbaal Mutbaal was a Canaanite king of the Amarna Period. He is identified in the Amarna letters as a son of Labaya, the ruler of the hill country north of Jerusalem, including the territory in the vicinity of the city of Shachmu .Mutbaal may be the son whose association with the Habiru raiders Labaya...	no 1—EA 255, l. 3 no 2—EA 256, l. 2, 5 (author)
Qatna Qatna Qatna is an archaeological site in the Wadi il-Aswad, a tributary of the Orontes, 18 km northeast of Homs, Syria. It consists in a tell occupying 1 km², which makes it one of the largest Bronze Age towns in western Syria...	Akizzi Akizzi Prince Akizzi was the ruler of Qatna in the fourteenth century BC. Prince Akizzi wrote three of the Amarna letters correspondence.-References:...	EA 52-57 (author)
Qidšu, see: Kadesh
Qiltu	'Abdi-Aštarti	EA 63-65 (author)
Qiltu?	Šuwardata Šuwardata Šuwardata, also Šuardatu, was the 'mayor' of Qiltu, during the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence...	(author)
Ruhizzi Ruhizzi Ruhizzi, was a city, or city-state located in northern Canaan or southern Amurru territories, in the foothills of Mount Hermon during the time of the Amarna letters correspondence...	Arsawuya Arsawuya Arsawuya was a 'mayor' of Ruhizzi, located east of Qidšu-, and farther east beyond the Anti-Lebanon mountain range, during the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence...	Ruhizzi east of Kadesh Kadesh This article is about Kadesh in the lands of the Amurru, bordering on Damascus Syria up to Hammath; see also Kadesh or Kedesh Kadesh was an ancient city of the Levant, located on or near the headwaters or ford of the Orontes River... -(Qidšu), east of the Anti-Lebanon Anti-Lebanon The Anti-Lebanon mountains is the Western name for the Eastern Lebanon Mountain Range , which are a southwest-northeast-trending mountain range between Syria and Lebanon. Its Western name comes from the Greek word for ‘opposite’. The majority of the mountain range lies in Syria. The border between...
(Siduna) Sidon Sidon Sidon or Saïda is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate of Lebanon, on the Mediterranean coast, about 40 km north of Tyre and 40 km south of the capital Beirut. In Genesis, Sidon is the son of Canaan the grandson of Noah...	Zimredda (Sidon mayor) Zimredda (Sidon mayor) Zimredda , also Zimr-Edda or Zimr-Eddi was the mayor of Siduna, in the mid 14th century BC. His name means, "Protection/Protector" Hadad, " protector Hadad", "The protector is Hadad", "Protector-Hadad", etc. He is mentioned in several of the Amarna letters, in the late Rib-Hadda series, and later...	Referenced in 16 EA's. EA 144-45 (author)
Silu Grk: Sile/Tjaru of Ancient Egypt On the garrison Garrison Garrison is the collective term for a body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it, but now often simply using it as a home base.... -road: Way of Horus	Turbazu	EA 288, l. 41; 335, l. 10
(Šakmu) Shechem Shechem Shechem was a Canaanite city mentioned in the Amarna letters, and is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as an Israelite city of the tribe of Manasseh and the first capital of the Kingdom of Israel...	Labaya Labaya Labaya was a Habiru, possibly Canaanite, warlord who lived contemporaneously with Pharaoh Akhenaten . Labaya is mentioned in several of the Amarna Letters , which is practically all scholars know about him...	EA 252-54 (author)
Šamhuna	Šamu-Adda-(name #1-(?))	EA 225, l. 3 (author)
	Šum-Adda-(name #2-(?))	EA 224, l. 3 (author)
Šaruna	Rusmanya	EA 241, l. 3 (author)
Šashimi	'Abdi-Milki
'Syria'	Bayadi	EA 238, l. 2
'Syria'	Bayawa	EA 215; EA 216, l. 3 (author)
'Syria'	Dagan-takala	EA 317-318 (author)
'Syria'	Kurtuya	EA 220, l. 36 (author)
'Syria'	Paduzana Baduzana	EA 239, l. 2 (author)
'Syria'	Tehu-Teššup	EA 58, l. 2 (author)
Tjaru, see: Silu
Tušultu	Amanhatpe	(Note: Amanhatpe, and the town-Tušultu are only referred to in the letter pairs: EA 185/86 [by Mayarzana of Hasi].)
Tyre, Lebanon (called: Surru)	Abi-Milku Abi-Milku Abi-Milku was the only mayor/ruler of Tyre, Lebanon , during the period of the Amarna letters correspondence .He is the author of ten letters , EA 146-155 ....	EA 146-155 (10)--(author) Not referenced elsewhere in the letter corpus (!)
Ugarit Ugarit Ugarit was an ancient port city in the eastern Mediterranean at the Ras Shamra headland near Latakia, Syria. It is located near Minet el-Beida in northern Syria. It is some seven miles north of Laodicea ad Mare and approximately fifty miles east of Cyprus...	Ammistamru Ammittamru I	EA 45, l. 2 (author)
Ugarit Ugarit Ugarit was an ancient port city in the eastern Mediterranean at the Ras Shamra headland near Latakia, Syria. It is located near Minet el-Beida in northern Syria. It is some seven miles north of Laodicea ad Mare and approximately fifty miles east of Cyprus...	Niqm-Adda Niqmaddu II Niqmaddu II Niqmaddu II was the second ruler and king of the Ancient Syrian city of Ugarit, reigning ca. 1350-15 BC and succeeding his father Ammishtamru I...	EA 49, l. 2 (author)(successor of Ammittamru)
Yursa Yursa Yursa was a town, whose site is unknown, from the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. The site, a city/city-state, is possibly in central, or eastern Canaan....	Pu-Ba'lu Pu-Ba'lu Pu-Ba'lu, was ruler/mayor of Yursa, , of the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. His name translates in Akkadian as: "word/mouth Baal", the 'Spokesman Baal' , .Pu-Ba'lu of Yursa is the author of three letters to pharaoh...	EA 314-316 (author)

No. 201-206: "Ready for marching orders (1-6)"

List of letters: EA 201-206.
Actually authored by the same scribe

Scribe

A scribe is a person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession and helps the city keep track of its records. The profession, previously found in all literate cultures in some form, lost most of its importance and status with the advent of printing...

. Also scribed EA 195, See: Prostration formula

Prostration formula

In the 1350 BC correspondence of 382–letters, called the Amarna letters, the Prostration formula is usually the opening subservient remarks to the addressee, the Egyptian pharaoh. The formula is based on Prostration, namely reverence and submissiveness...

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Locality	Ruler	Notes:
1–Siribašani	Artamanya	EA 201 (author)
2–Bašan	Amawaše	EA 202, l 3 (author)
3–Šashimi	'Abdi-Milki	EA 203 (author)
4–(Qanu) Qanawat	'Ruler' of Qanu	EA 204 (author)
5–Tubu (town) Tubu (town) Tubu is the town east of the Sea of Galilee referred to in the of the Amarna letters.Tubu is the probable biblical town of Tob. In the entire group of El Amarna letters, EA 205 is the only usage of the name Tubu, and only the "Man" is referenced.The scribe who wrote EA 205, visited and /or wrote... Tob Tob Tob was the name of a place in ancient Israel, mentioned in the Bible.It is said to be the land to which Jephtha fled from his brothers. The location is not definitely known, but some identify it with the region centering on Taibiyah, southeast of Sea of Galilee... : (biblical)	'Ruler' of Tubu	EA 205 (author)
6–Naziba Naziba Naziba, was a small 'city', or 'city-state' south of Dimašqu-, in the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. The town of Naziba was located near Amarna letters Qanu, now named Qanawat, and biblical Kenath....	'Ruler' of Naziba Naziba Naziba, was a small 'city', or 'city-state' south of Dimašqu-, in the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. The town of Naziba was located near Amarna letters Qanu, now named Qanawat, and biblical Kenath....	EA 206 (author)

Leaders only in reference

Leaders that are only referred to in the letter corpus.

Locality	Ruler	Notes:
(Ammiya) Amioun Amioun Amioun in and other scripts of the name, are most probably transliterated from the original Amyūn. It is the capital town of the predominantly Greek Orthodox area Koura District in the North of Lebanon.-Name:...	'King' of Ammiya	Ammiya ref in 8 EA's; "king of Ammiya" in EA 139-40-(the Gubla (Byblos Byblos Byblos is the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal . It is a Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of present-day Lebanon under the current Arabic name of Jubayl and was also referred to as Gibelet during the Crusades... ) letters); the first six in the Rib-Hadda Rib-Hadda Rib-Hadda was king of Byblos during the mid fourteenth century BCE. He is the author of some sixty of the Amarna letters all to Akhenaten...  Byblos letters.
Barga (kingdom) Barga (kingdom) Barga was a city-state in the Amarna letters period of 1350-1335 BC and later. It is mentioned as the "land of Barga" by Mursilis II in treaties,...	'King' of Barga Barga (kingdom) Barga was a city-state in the Amarna letters period of 1350-1335 BC and later. It is mentioned as the "land of Barga" by Mursilis II in treaties,...	EA 57, l. 3 damaged letter, referenced also referenced: Akizzi Akizzi Prince Akizzi was the ruler of Qatna in the fourteenth century BC. Prince Akizzi wrote three of the Amarna letters correspondence.-References:... , king of Qatna
Danuna in eastern Cilicia Cilicia In antiquity, Cilicia was the south coastal region of Asia Minor, south of the central Anatolian plateau. It existed as a political entity from Hittite times into the Byzantine empire... -(?)	'King' of Danuna	EA 151 (reference)
Halunnu	'King' of Halunnu	EA 197, l. 14; Letter title: "Biryawaza Biryawaza Biryawaza was king of Damascus in the middle fourteenth century BC. In the Amarna letters, he was ordered by his Egyptian overlords to take armed action against Labaya's sons .... 's plight"
(Zinzar) modern Shaizar Shaizar Shaizar, Shayzar or Saijar was a medieval town and fortress in Syria, ruled by the Banu Munqidh dynasty, which played an important part in the Christian and Muslim politics of the crusades.- Early history :...	'King' of Zinzar	EA 53 (reference)
"a governor of yours-(pharaoh) in a Vassalage"	Pamahu	EA 7, l. 76–(Burna-Buriash Burna-Buriash Burna-Buriaš II, meaning servant of the Lord of the lands, where Buriaš is a Kassite storm god possibly corresponding to the Greek Boreas, was a king in the Kassite dynasty of Babylon, in a kingdom called Karduniaš at the time, ruling ca. 1359–1333 BC... to Pharaoh)

External links

• Electronic version of the Amarna tablets