page_title: Amarna letter EA 19
hierarchical_section_title: Amarna letter EA 19
caption_attribution_description: English: One of the "Amarna Letters", in this case a cuneiform tablet from Tushratta, King of the Mitanni, to the pharaoh Amenhotep III-(Akhenaten's father), circa 1350 BC, and found in El-Amarna-(1 of 13 letters authored by Tushratta). This letter contains a negotiation of marriage between the pharaoh and Tushratta's duaghter en:Tadukhipa. (Tushratta letter en:Amarna letter EA 19, obverse) - WAA 29791.
context_page_description: Amarna letter EA 19, is a tall clay tablet letter of 13 paragraphs, in relatively pristine condition, with some minor flaws on the clay, but a complete enough story, that some included words can complete the story of the letter. Entitled "Love and Gold", the letter is about gold from Egypt, love between father-king ancestors and the current relationship between the King of Mitanni and the Pharaoh of Misri, and marriage of women from King Tushratta of Mitanni to the Pharaoh of Egypt.
  Besides the Double Line Ruling, for paragraphing, an overwritten Single Line Rule is at clay tablet left margin, as well as cuneiform characters inscribed upon a vertical right margin line of Single Line Rule.
  The Amarna letters, about 300, numbered up to EA 382, are a mid 14th century BC, about 1386 BC and 45 years later, correspondence. The initial corpus of letters were found at Akhenaten's city Akhetaten, in the floor of the Bureau of Correspondence of Pharaoh; others were later found, adding to the body of letters.
context_section_description: Amarna letter EA 19, is a tall clay tablet letter of 13 paragraphs, in relatively pristine condition, with some minor flaws on the clay, but a complete enough story, that some included words can complete the story of the letter. Entitled "Love and Gold", the letter is about gold from Egypt (gold mine production), love between father-king ancestors and the current relationship between the King of Mitanni and the Pharaoh of Misri (Egypt), and marriage of women from King Tushratta of Mitanni to the Pharaoh of Egypt.
  Besides the Double Line Ruling, for paragraphing (7 paragraphs on obverse), an overwritten Single Line Rule is at clay tablet left margin, as well as cuneiform characters inscribed upon a vertical right margin line of Single Line Rule. (see left margin here: )
  The Amarna letters, about 300, numbered up to EA 382, are a mid 14th century BC, about 1386 BC and 45 years later, correspondence. The initial corpus of letters were found at Akhenaten's city Akhetaten, in the floor of the Bureau of Correspondence of Pharaoh; others were later found, adding to the body of letters.
caption: EA 19. Tushratta to Pharaoh, mid-1300's BC. 
  Lines, obverse, 1-41 (of 85).
  (high res expandible photo)
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