Amarna Letter from Yapahu

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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This clay tablet is part of the Amarna letters. This letter was sent from Yapahu, (King of Gezer) to the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III or Akhenaten. Yapahu begs the pharaoh for help in defending his city against rids by the Hapiru (Biblical Hebrews). The letter was written in Babylonian cuneiform inscriptions. 14th century BCE. From Tell el-Amarna, Egypt. (The British Museum, London).

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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