Biryawaza — was king of Damascus in the middle fourteenth century BC. In the Amarna letters, he was ordered by his Egyptian overlords to take armed action against Labaya s sons (EA 250).The name Biryawaza is Indo European in origin. Biryawaza may have been… … Wikipedia
Biridašwa — was a mayor of Aštartu , (Tell Ashtara), south of Damascus, (named Dimasqu/Dimašqu), during the time of the Amarna letters correspondence, about 1350 1335 BC. A second mayor of Aštartu, Ayyab, existed in this short 15 20 year time… … Wikipedia
Etakkama — Etakkama, as a common name, but also, Aitukama, Atak(k)ama, Etak(k)ama, and Itak(k)ama is the name for the mayor (king) of Qidšu, (Kadesh) of the 1350 1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. (Qidšu is also referenced as: Qinšu, also Kissa).… … Wikipedia
Amarna letters — The Amarna letters (sometimes Amarna correspondence or Amarna tablets ) are an archive of correspondence on clay tablets, mostly diplomatic, between the Egyptian administration and its representatives in Canaan and Amurru during the New Kingdom.… … Wikipedia
Tell-Ashtara — Tell Ashtara, or Tell Ashtara, also Aštartu , was a site south of Damascus mentioned in the Amarna letters correspondence of 1350 BC. In the Amarna letters the city is named: Aštartu , and is the Biblical Ashtarot .Aštartu is only referenced in… … Wikipedia
Sutean — The Suteans were a tribe who lived throughout the Levant and Canaan circa 1350 BC. They are mentioned in eight of the 382 Amarna letters. Like the Habiru, they traditionally worked as mercenaries.One letter mentioning the Suteans is entitled… … Wikipedia
Prostration formula — In the 1350 BC correspondence of 382 ndash;letters, called the Amarna letters, the Prostration formula is usually the opening subservient remarks to the addressee, the Egyptian pharaoh. The formula is based on Prostration , namely reverence and… … Wikipedia
Šuta — Šuta, ( Shuta ), was an Egyptian commissioner of the 1350 1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. The name Šuta is a hypocoristicon (nickname/petname) for the Ancient Egyptian god Seth, (Seth being the God of the Desert , and an anti Horus god… … Wikipedia
Abi-Milki — bzw. Abimilki (sumerisch Lugal Abi/Abu, akkadisch Scharrum Abu/Abi, phönizisch Abu/Abj/Iabi Mlkj) bekleidete zunächst um 1347 v. Chr. den Rang des Stadtfürsten von Tyros, ehe ihn der Pharao Amenophis IV. mit dem ägyptischen Titel Rabisu (General) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Birijawaza — Biria Waza (akkadisch MBir5 ia wa za), auch Birijawaza, Birjawaza, Biryawaza (in früheren Lesungen Namiawaza) war Sohn des Šutarna II. (akkadisch Šu tar na). Er übte die Statthalterschaft in Ube und Kumidi aus. Seine Regierungsdauer ist vom Ende… … Deutsch Wikipedia
