Moran, Amarna Letters, 325

Christian Alexander

Per the Lexham Bible Dictionary, "The earliest references to Jerusalem are found in ancient Egyptian texts, from roughly 1900–1800 bc. The name appears as “Rushalimum.” Later, in 1400 bc, Abdi-Heba, an Egyptian vassal in Jerusalem, sent a letter of allegiance to Pharaoh Amenophis IV, from “Urushalim” (Moran, Amarna Letters, 325 [EA 285])." Does someone have access to (Moran, Amarna Letters, 325 [EA 285])? 

Dave Hooton

Christian Alexander said:

Does someone have access to (Moran, Amarna Letters, 325 [EA 285])? 

What are you proposing? My copy is Hidden. Do you wish an extract from p.325?

Christian Alexander

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Yes. I need that section. Also what does the [EA] mean?

Dave Hooton

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Christian Alexander said:

Yes. I need that section

EA 285

The soldier-ruler of Jerusalem

  TEXT: VAT 1601.
  COPIES: WA 174; VS 11, 161.
  TRANSLITERATION (LINES 9–25) AND TRANSLATION: Naʾaman, Political Disposition, pp. 97f.


[Say to the kin]g, [my lord: Message] of ʿAbdi-Ḫ[eba, your servant. I fall at] the feet [of the king, my lord], 7 times and 7 ti[mes]. 5–11 I am not a [mayor]; I am a soldier fo[r the king, my lord]. Why has the ki[ng, my lord], not sent a messenger … […] … [Acc]ordingly, [Enḫa]mu se[nt] a military [force] here, [and it has not vac]ated the house [that I w]ant. 12–19 [And n]ow as for me, may the king [give heed to ʿAbdi]-Ḫeba, his servant. [If th]ere are no archers available, may the king, my lord, [sen]d [a commissione]r that he may fetch [the ma]yors to himself. 20–25 […] … And as for [the garrison] that belongs [to Adday]a, the commissioner of the king, [I] want their house. 26–31 So may the ki[ng] provide [f]or them, and may he send a mess[enger qu]ickly. When [I d]ie, w[hat …] …

William L. Moran, The Amarna Letters, English-language ed. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992), 325.

Christian Alexander said:

Also what does the [EA] mean?

EA    El Amarna (refers to the numbering of the letters in VAB 2/1 and Rainey, AOAT 82)

William L. Moran, The Amarna Letters