Amarna letter EA 5

Amarna Letter EA5, one of the Amarna letters (cited with the abbreviation EA, for "El Amarna"), is a correspondence between Kadašman-Enlil I and Amenhotep III.

The letter exists as two artifacts, one at the British Museum (BM29787) and one in the Cairo Museum (C12195).

The letter is part of a series of correspondences from Babylonia to Egypt, which run from EA2 to EA4 and EA6 to EA14. EA1 and EA5 are from Egypt to Babylonia.

The letter

EA 5: Gifts of Egyptian Furniture for the Babylonian Palace

EA 5, letter five of five, Pharaoh to Kadashman-Enlil. (Not a linear, line-by-line translation.)

Obverse: (see British Museum)

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See also

• Chronology of the ancient Near East
• Amarna letters: EA 1, EA 2, EA 3, EA 4, EA 6, EA 7, EA 8, EA 9, EA 10, EA 11
• List of Amarna letters by size
• EA 5, EA 9, EA 15, EA 19, EA 26, EA 27, EA 35, EA 38
• EA 153, EA 161, EA 288, EA 364, EA 365, EA 367

References

External links

• Photo EA 5, Obverse, (British Museum piece: BM 29787)
• Photo EA 5, Reverse, (British Museum piece: BM 29787) (note: line 17 from Obverse extends across the entire Reverse (upside down cuneiform))
• British Museum page for Amarna letter EA 5
• CDLI entry of EA 5 ( Chicago Digital Library Initiative )
• CDLI listing of all EA Amarna letters, 1-382