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Yanhamu, also Yenhamu, and Enhamu, was an Egyptian commissioner of the 1350- 1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence.


Biography


Amarna Archive

Yanhamu is referenced in 16 of the 60–letter ''" Rib-Hadda of Gubla"''-(
Byblos Byblos ( ; ), also known as Jebeil, Jbeil or Jubayl (, Lebanese Arabic, locally ), is an ancient city in the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The area is believed to have been first settled between 8800 and 7000BC and continuously inhabited ...
) sub-
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, and also 12 additional letters.


Milkilu's EA 270, ''"Extortion"''

Letter no. 4 of 5 to Pharaoh, from "Milkilu of Gazru"-(modern Gezer):


Milkilu's EA 271, ''"The Power of the 'Apiru"''

Milkilu letter no. 5 of 5 to Pharaoh:


Referenced Amarna letters to ''Yanhamu''

The largest sub-corpus of Amarna letters is from the Rib-Haddi corpus: namely " Rib-Hadda of Gubla"-(
Byblos Byblos ( ; ), also known as Jebeil, Jbeil or Jubayl (, Lebanese Arabic, locally ), is an ancient city in the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The area is believed to have been first settled between 8800 and 7000BC and continuously inhabited ...
). 16 of Rib-Haddi's letters reference Yanhamu, ( EA for 'el
Amarna Amarna (; ) is an extensive ancient Egyptian archaeological site containing the ruins of Akhetaten, the capital city during the late Eighteenth Dynasty. The city was established in 1346 BC, built at the direction of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, and a ...
'). ''Letters EA 82-132(16)
the Rib-Hadda/Byblos letters-(w/out-EA 98)'' *EA 82— *EA 85— * EA 86— *EA 98— *EA 102— *EA 105— *EA 106— *EA 109— *EA 116— *EA 117— *EA 118— *EA 127— *EA 131— *EA 132—See:
Pahura Pahura, and also spelled Pihur/Pihuru, Pihura, and Pihuru/Pihure was a commissioner of the 1350 BC Amarna letters Text corpus, correspondence. Pahura's name means in Egyptian language, Egyptian, '' ' the Syrian ' '', and he was commissioner to the A ...
Other letters: *EA 98—See: Yapa-Hadda *---- *EA 171—See: Pawura *EA 215— * EA 256— *EA 270Milkilu no. 4 of 5 to pharaoh. *EA 271—Milkilu no. 5 of 5 to pharaoh. *EA 283—See: Ć uwardata *EA 284— * EA 285— * EA 286— * EA 289—See: Pawura * EA 286—See: Yabitiri * EA 366—See: Ć uwardata


See also

* Milkilu * Rib-Hadda of Gubla/
Byblos Byblos ( ; ), also known as Jebeil, Jbeil or Jubayl (, Lebanese Arabic, locally ), is an ancient city in the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. The area is believed to have been first settled between 8800 and 7000BC and continuously inhabited ...
* Amarna letters *
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References

* Moran, William L. ''The Amarna Letters.'' Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. (softcover, ) Amarna letters officials {{AncientEgypt-bio-stub