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- Title
Replying to Pharaoh's Order: Amarna Letters from the Levant with Completely Blank or Partially Inscribed Reverse Surfaces.
- Authors
LAUINGER, JACOB
- Abstract
It is a curious fact that the reverse surface of many of the so-called Amarna letters sent by Levantine rulers to the Egyptian pharaoh are completely blank or only partially inscribed. In this article, I establish the absolute and relative frequency of the phenomenon within this subcorpus of the Amarna letters. Next, I connect it to a particular type of letter sent by the Levantine rulers that I designate a "replies-to-an-order" letter and offer a suggestion as to why the Egyptian administration may have requested that these letters have blank space on the reverse surface. Finally, I consider one possible origin for the phenomenon in other cuneiform corpora and end the article with a few comments on directions for future research.
- Subjects
PHARAOHS; TELL el-Amarna tablets; VIPERA lebetina; EGYPTIANS; EGYPTIAN authors
- Publication
Journal of the American Oriental Society, 2024, Vol 144, Issue 1, p127
- ISSN
0003-0279
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7817/jaos.144.1.2024.a007