Amarna letter EA12

Amarna letter EA12 is a correspondence written to Egypt by a princess of Babylonia.^[1]

A scribe named Kidin-Adad is mentioned within the letter.^[1]

This letter is part of a series of correspondences from Babylonia to Egypt, which run from EA2 to EA4 and EA6 to EA14. EA1 and EA5 are from Egypt to Babylonia.^[2][3]

During 1888 the Vorderasiatisches Museum received part of the tablet as part of a group of artifacts given to the museum by J.Simon. A second part of EA12 was given to the museum by Felix von Niemeyer.^[4]

See also

• Amarna
• Amarna letters: EA1, EA2, EA3, EA4, EA5, EA6, EA7, EA8, EA9, EA10, EA11
• Chronology of the ancient Near East

References

1. Karen Radner. State Correspondence in the Ancient World: From New Kingdom Egypt to the Roman Empire (note.64 of p.214). Oxford studies in early empires, Oxford University Press 2014, 306 pages, ISBN 0199354774. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
2. W.L.Moran (edited and translated) - The Amarna Letters (p.xvi) published by the Johns Hopkins University Press - Baltimore, London (Brown University) [Retrieved 2015-07-09]
3. W.L.Moran (edited and translated). The Amarna Letters (PDF). published by the Johns Hopkins University Press - Baltimore, London (University of Cincinnati’s Faculty Portfolio Initiative). Retrieved 2015-07-04.
4. Anson F. Rainey (Editors - W M. Schniedewind, Z Cochavi-Rainey)- The El-Amarna Correspondence (2 vol. set): A New Edition of the Cuneiform Letters from the Site of El-Amarna based on Collations of all Extant Tablets Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East, BRILL, 14 Nov 2014, 1676 pages, ISBN 9004281541 [Retrieved 2015-07-09]