entity · text_amarna_correspondence
Amarna correspondence
Also known as: El-Amarna letters
Cuneiform diplomatic and administrative letters between Egypt, great kings, and Levantine rulers.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1360 BCE–1330 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides primary evidence
The El-Amarna Correspondence: A New Edition of the Cuneiform Letters from the Site of El-Amarna Based on Collations of All Extant Tablets — Anson F. Rainey (2015)Provides critical edition, damaged signs, restorations, and translation alternatives.
Locator: EA 1-382; transliteration and translation
Research description
Cuneiform diplomatic and administrative letters between Egypt, great kings, and Levantine rulers. The text is evidence for its own date, genre, and reception; any event or identity inference is modeled separately.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides primary evidence
The El-Amarna Correspondence: A New Edition of the Cuneiform Letters from the Site of El-Amarna Based on Collations of All Extant Tablets — Anson F. Rainey (2015)Provides critical edition, damaged signs, restorations, and translation alternatives.
Locator: EA 1-382; transliteration and translation
Referenced records
- Southern Levant · entity