Šatiya, also ''Satiya'', or ''Shatiya'' was the ruler-'mayor' of Enišasi, during the Amarna letters period of

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. In the entire correspondence of 382–letters, his name is only referenced in his own letter to the

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, EA 187, ( EA for 'el

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'). Šatiya's city/

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of Enišasi is only referenced in one other letter, authored by another mayor of Enišasi, Abdi-Riša.

Šatiya's letter no. 187

Šatiya's single letter to pharaoh, is a moderately short letter, entitled: ''"A daughter sent to the

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"''. As 5 lines of the body of the letter are missing, (a

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), the main subject is lost, except for the final sentence concerning Šatiya's daughter.

The letter, title: ''"A daughter sent to the
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"''

:Sa to the kin, my lord, y god, my Sun: Messge of ''Šatiya'', the ruler of Enišasi "> Enišasi your erant, the dirt und r the fet of the king, my lord. I al the feet of the king, ylord, my god, my Sun, 7 times and 7 times. :As I am the loya servant of the king, my lord, my god, y Sun in this place, and Enišasi is a city of the king, my lord, ygod, my un I am guarding '' he plce'' of the king, lo d, my god, my Sun, ''where I am'. ... :... : ...And I herew th snd my daughter to the aace, the king, my lord, m god, my Sun. —EA 187, lines 1-22 (16-21 lost-

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References

* Moran, William L. ''The Amarna Letters.'' Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. (softcover, ) Amarna letters writers 14th-century BC Phoenician people 14th-century BC mayors Phoenicians in the Amarna letters {{AncientEgypt-stub

Šatiya's letter no. 187

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