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Amarna letters correspondence. The name ''Šuta'' is a

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-(nickname/petname) for the Ancient Egyptian god

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, (Seth being the "God of the Desert", and an 'anti-

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' god-(duality, Horus/Seth)). The following letters are referenced to commissioner Šuta, ( EA for 'el

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'): :#EA 234—Title: ''"Like Magdalu in

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Satatna Satatna, or Sitatna, and also Šutatna/''Shutatna''-(of a Babylonian letter of Burna-Buriash), was a 'Mayor'/Ruler of Akka, or '' Acco'', modern Acre, Israel, during the 1350–1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Satatna was the author of ...

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letter. :#EA 288—Title: ''"Benign neglect"''–

Abdi-Heba Abdi-Heba (Abdi-Kheba, Abdi-Hepat, or Abdi-Hebat) was a local chieftain of Jerusalem during the Amarna period (mid-1330s BC). Abdi-Heba's name can be translated as "servant of Hebat", a Hurrian goddess. Whether Abdi-Heba was himself of Hurrian d ...

letter. See:

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The 2 letters of commissioner: ''Šuta''

EA 288, ''"Benign neglect"''

Abdi-Heba's letters, to the Egyptian

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, are of moderate length, and topically discuss the intrigues of the cities, that are adjacent to Jerusalem, (a region named:

Upu Upu or Apu, also rendered as Aba/Apa/Apina/Ubi/Upi, was the region surrounding Damascus of the 1350 BC Amarna letters. Damascus was named ''Dimašqu'' / ''Dimasqu'' / etc. (for example, "Dimaški"-(see: Niya (kingdom)), in the letter correspon ...

). Letter EA 288: (Abdi-Heba no. 4 of 6) :Say the king-(i.e.

), my lord, y Su: ssage of 'Abdi-Heba, your servant. I fall at the feet of the king, my lord, 7 times and 7 times. Behold, the king, my lord, has placed his name at the rising of the sun and at the setting of the sun. It is, therefore, impious what they have done to me. Behold, I am not a mayor;—I am a soldier of the king, my lord. Behold, I am a ''friend'' of the king and a

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–bearer of the king. It was neither my father nor my mother, but the strong arm of the king that aced me in the house of yfath r .. cme to me ... .. I gave over o ''his'' chare 10–

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s, ''Šuta'', the commissioner of the king, ca e t me; I gave over to ''Šuta's'' charge 21–girls, –prisoners, as a

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for the king, my lord. May the king give thought to his land; the land of the king is lost. ''All of it has attacked'' me. I am at war as far as the land of Šeru and as far as Ginti-kirmil. All the mayors are at peace, but I am at war. I am treated like an 'Apiru, and I do not visit the king, my lord, since I am at war. I am situated like a

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in the midst of the sea. The strong hand (arm) of the king took the land of Nahrima-(

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), and the land of

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-(Kush), but now the 'Apiru have taken the very cities of the king. Not a single mayor remains to the king, my lord; all are lost. Behold, Turbazu was slain in the

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of Silu-(

). The king did nothing. Behold, servants who were joined to the 'Api ''smote'' Zimredda of Lakisu, and Yaptih-Hadda was slain in the city gate of Silu. The king did nothing. '' h'' has he not called them to account? May the king roide for is landand may he e to it tha

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ome ou to h sland. If there are no archers this year, all the lands of the king, my lord, are lost. They have not reported to the king that the lands of the king, my lord, are lost and all the mayors lost. If there are no archers this year, may the king send a commissioner to fetch me, me along with my brothers, and then we will die near the king, our lord. othe

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of the king, my lord: essageof 'Abdi-Heba, servant-( (your) servant). fall a[t (your) feet">Prostration_formula.html" ;"title=" Prostration formula">fall a[t (your) feet Present [the words-(words=''"discourse"'') that I hav]e offered to [the king, my lord]" I am your servant [and] your [s]on. -EA 288, lines 1-66 (complete, with Lacuna (manuscripts), lacuna)

EA 234, ''"Like Magdalu in Egypt"''

Letter no. 2 of 3 by Satatna of Akka-(now

). :To the king, m lord, the Sun from the sky: Message of

, the ruler of

, your servant, the servant of the king, and the dirt at his feet, the ground on which he treads.

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myself at the feet of the king, my lord, the Sun from the sky, 7 times and 7 times, both on the stomach and the back. :May the king, my lord, heed the word of his servant. iramyašda des red ryawaza. He w swith ''Šuta'' a ... ..of the king, in ''the gar ison'' city. He said t ig him. Out came the troops of the king, my lord. He w swith them in Magidd Nothing was said to hi Then he deserted to me, and ''Šuta'' has just written to me,—"Hand over Zirdamyašda to Biryawaza." But I have not agreed to hand him over. Akka is like Magdalu in

-(named

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), and has the king 'my lord'' not ard ''that Šuta'' is ''turned'' against me? May the king, my lord, en his omissioner to fet hhim. -EA 234, lines 1-35 (lost partial of sentence)

References

Moran, William L. William Lambert Moran (August 11, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American Assyriologist. He was born in Chicago, United States. In 1939, Moran joined the Jesuit order. He then attended Loyola University in Chicago, where he received his ...

''The Amarna Letters.'' Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. (softcover, ) {{DEFAULTSORT:Suta Amarna letters officials Canaanite people