Amarna Letter from Biridiya

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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This clay tablet is part of the Amarna letters. This letter was sent from Biridiya (King of Megiddo) to the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III or Akhenaten. Biridiya accuses the King of Acco of treachery by releasing the captured Hapiru leader, Labayu, instead of sending him to Egypt. The letter was written in Babylonian cuneiform inscriptions. 14th century BCE. From Tell el-Amarna, Egypt. (The British Museum, London).

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Amin, O. S. M. (2016, September 16). Amarna Letter from Biridiya. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5627/amarna-letter-from-biridiya/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Amarna Letter from Biridiya." World History Encyclopedia, September 16, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5627/amarna-letter-from-biridiya/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Amarna Letter from Biridiya." World History Encyclopedia, 16 Sep 2016, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5627/amarna-letter-from-biridiya/.

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