Ancient Babylonia Glossary - Amarna Tablets
Tel el Amarna, ancient locality, Egypt, near the Nile and c.60 mi N of Asyut.
Ikhnaton's capital, Akhetaton, was in Tell el Amarna. About 400 tablets with
inscriptions in Akkadian cuneiform were found there in 1887. They constitute
correspondence between Amenhotep III and Ikhnaton and the governors of the cities
in Palestine and Syria, and they shed much light on ancient Egypt and the Middle
East. The tablets are mostly in the Berlin, British, and Cairo museums.
Ancient Babylonia
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