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Letter to Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) from Burnaburias, a king of the Kassite dynasty of Babylonia. It is written in Mesopotamian Akkadian, the diplomatic language of the period. This clay tablet is one of 382 cuneiform documents discovered in 1887 in Egypt; they were written by Canaanite princes to their overlord, the Pharaoh, and by rulers of the other great eastern powers, Hittite, Mittanian and Babylonian. ANE, E29785.
Location
British Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART200618
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
2735px × 3749px
Photo Credit
Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY
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Akhenaten (Amenophis IV) (r.c.1353-1336 BCE)
Babylon, Mesopotamia
Inscription
Kassite Dynasty (c.1570-1157 BCE)
Letter, Mail