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Amarna Letter EA5, one of the Amarna letters (cited with the abbreviation EA, for "El Amarna"), is a correspondence between Kadašman-Enlil I and Amenhotep III. The letter exists as two artifacts, one at the British Museum (BM29787) and one in the Cairo Museum (C12195). The letter is part of a series of correspondences from Babylonia to Egypt, which run from EA2 to EA4 and EA6 to EA14. EA1 and EA5 are from Egypt to Babylonia.
== The letter ==
=== EA 5: Gifts of Egyptian Furniture for the Babylonian Palace === EA 5, letter five of five, Pharaoh to Kadashman-Enlil. (Not a linear, line-by-line translation.) Obverse: (see British Museum)
Paragraph 1 (Lines 1-12)--[Thus Nibmuar]ey[a1 Great King, the king of Egypt. Say to] Kadašman-Enlil, the king of Karadunniyaš,2 my brother: For m]e all goes (well). For you may all go well. For you]r [household, your] wives, [your sons, yo]ur [magnates], yo[ur] troops, [yo]ur [horses], your [chariots], and i[n your countries, may all go] well. [For me al]l goes well. For my household, [my] wives, [my sons], my magnates, my ma[ny] troops, my [horses], my chariots, and in [m]y [countries] all goes very, very well. Paragraph 2 (Lines 13-33)--I have [just]3 heard that you have built some n[ew] quarters.4 I am sending herewith some furnishings for your house. Indeed I shall be preparing everything possible5 before the arrival of your messenger who is bringing your daughter. When6 your messenger returns, I will send (them) to [yo]u. I herewith send you, in the charge of Šutti, a greeting-gift of things for the new house: 1 bed7 of ebony, overlaid with ivory and gold; 3 beds of ebony, overlaid with gold; 1 uruššu of ebony, overlaid with gold; 1 lar[ge] chair [o]f ebo[ny], overlaid with gold.8 These things, the weight of all the gold: 7 minas, 9 shekels, of silver9 (In addition), 10 footrests of ebony; [ . . . ] of ebony, overlaid with gold; [ . . . ] footrests of ivory, overlaid with gold; [ . . . ] . . . of gold. [Total10 x] minas, 10 and 7 shekels, of gold.--(complete, lacunas throughout, lines 1-33)
== See also == Chronology of the ancient Near East Amarna letters: EA 1, EA 2, EA 3, EA 4, EA 6, EA 7, EA 8, EA 9, EA 10, EA 11 List of Amarna letters by size EA 5, EA 9, EA 15, EA 19, EA 26, EA 27, EA 35, EA 38 EA 153, EA 161, EA 288, EA 364, EA 365, EA 367
== References ==
== External links ==
Photo EA 5, Obverse, (British Museum piece: BM 29787) Photo EA 5, Reverse, (British Museum piece: BM 29787) (note: line 17 from Obverse extends across the entire Reverse (upside down cuneiform)) British Museum page for Amarna letter EA 5 CDLI entry of EA 5 ( Chicago Digital Library Initiative ) CDLI listing of all EA Amarna letters, 1-382