Amarna Letter from Burna-Buriash II to Amenhotep III

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This is one of the Amarna letters. In this clay tablet, the Kassite king Burna-Buriash II (in Babylon, Mesopotamia) corresponds with the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III, asking him to send more gold. Most of the Amarna letters were written in Akkadian cuneiform, rather than the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. From modern-day Tell el-Amarna, Al-Minya Governorate, Egypt. Circa 1350 BCE. ME E 29785. EA 9 (Amarna number). (The British Museum, London)

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Amin, O. S. M. (2014, October 17). Amarna Letter from Burna-Buriash II to Amenhotep III. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3163/amarna-letter-from-burna-buriash-ii-to-amenhotep-i/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Amarna Letter from Burna-Buriash II to Amenhotep III." World History Encyclopedia, October 17, 2014. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3163/amarna-letter-from-burna-buriash-ii-to-amenhotep-i/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Amarna Letter from Burna-Buriash II to Amenhotep III." World History Encyclopedia, 17 Oct 2014, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3163/amarna-letter-from-burna-buriash-ii-to-amenhotep-i/.

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