Egypt and its Neighbours.
In the 14th Century BCE, travellers criss-crossed the world. Many came to Egypt for diplomacy, trade, and to live. In this episode, we explore three short stories relating to Egypt and its neighbours…
Episode details:
- Date: Amarna Period (c.1400 – 1300 BCE).
- Music, Intro: Michael Levy, “Babylonian Banquet,” www.ancientlyre.com.
- Music, Outro: Michael Levy, “The Magic of Marduk,” www.ancientlyre.com.
- Music interludes: Michael Levy, “Hurrian Hymn,” www.ancientlyre.com.
- Photos of Aper-el: https://mega.nz/folder/U65TlAAT#K0RH0Q3HRUavikHbNI-Vug
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Select References
- The Egyptian-Akkadian Phrasebook: S. Izre’el, The Amarna Scholarly Texts (1997).
- Assyria Joins the Scene: Amarna Letter EA15, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Aper-el, Pharaoh’s Man: Alain Zivie, 2018, Biblical Archaeology Review.
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Bibliography
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- M. H. Feldman, ‘Assur Tomb 45 and the Birth of the Assyrian Empire’, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (2006), 21–43.
- Y. L. Holmes, ‘The Messengers of the Amarna Letters’, Journal of the American Oriental Society 95 (1975), 376–81.
- S. Izre’el, The Amarna Scholarly Texts (Groningen, 1997).
- I. Spar et al., Cuneiform Texts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, I (New York, 1988).
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, ‘Amarna letter: Royal Letter from Ashur-uballit, the king of Assyria, to the king of Egypt ca. 1353–1336 B.C.’, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, <https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544695> accessed 4.18.2022.
- University College London, ‘Amarna: the cuneiform tablets, background information’, Digital Egypt for Universities, <https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/amarna/cuneiform2.html> accessed 4.18.2022.
- R. Westbrook, ‘Babylonian Diplomacy in the Amarna Letters’, The Journal of the American Oriental Society 120 (2000), 377.
- A. Zivie, ‘The “Saga” of Aper-El’s Funerary Treasure’, in S. D’Auria (ed.), Offerings to the Discerning Eye: An Egyptological Medley in Honor of Jack A. Josephson (Leiden, 2010), 349–56.
- A. Zivie, ‘Pharaoh’s Man, ‘Abdiel: The Vizier with a Semitic Name’, Biblical Archaeology Review 44 (2018).
