Amarna letterEA147, titled: "A Hymn to the Pharaoh" is a moderate lengthclay tablet Amarna letter from Abimilku of Tyre-. The letter is a twin letter to EA 149, which is identical in length, and complexity, and EA 147 appears to precede EA 149. Amarna letter EA 147 is a missive, but more accurately, a treatise or essay, on the Role of the Pharaoh as Sun-God, and "Protector", etc. Letter 147 is in the category of Amarna letters, which has the following specifics:
-It has clarity of cuneiform characters, probably for two reasons: A-The execution of the scribe; and B-The preparation of a clay mixture, which caused a hardened clay tablet.
-The Letter 147 story contains: Obverse:—Introduction & Clause 1; Bottom—An ending to the Obverse, and transition to Reverse; Reverse-, which begins, with the Akkadian word for "Help !", and with the Reverse ending with two glossenkeils, translated as :gl "I am at rest"; and :gl "I am confident".
-The story of EA 147, is that it is a missive, on A Hymn to the Pharaoh. Clause 4 is the information to the Pharaoh, and the EA 147 ending., only begins after the Reverse Side, continuing from lines 57-60, and then continuing to the Left Side, for 8 lines, lines 64-71,. The very last line, the Scribe writes: Enūma idû, "Now, Know !".
-The Reverse', is separated by an "Exclamation",, line 40: , "I carry, the Causes , King-LordLi-mine!"'. How he continued to the end of the letter would have to be speculation. And,.. remembering whether Abimilku played a part in the formation of this great story, letter 147.
. It is used twice in Clause 1, Obverse & the Bottom transition to the Reverse''. The third usage is in the letter's ending,. Other repeated words are for example: "returns", "breath", "emerges/returns", and "now".
-Letter 147 uses 6 glossenkeils.
---- Summary of Glossenkeils used in Letter 147:
General overview of Letter 147
The letter concerns the intrigues of neighboring city-states and their rulers; however the letter is a missive on the religious setting of Tyre, and the personalexplanation of the view of the Pharaoh of Egypt, in a religious, and righteous 'way of life' of the people of Tyre towards Egypt, and the Pharaoh, as the Sun God. The clay tablet letter is written on the Obverse, Bottom, Reverse,Top, and Left Side, leaving no spaces, not inscribed. The British Museum website for the EA 147 letter, gives the approximated dimensions as: 3 1/4 X 2 1/4 in,. See photo and write-up of EA 147 here . EA 147 is located at the British Museum, no 29812. Tablet letter EA 147 can be viewed here: . The Amarna letters, about 300, numbered up to EA 382, are mid 14th century BC, about 1360 BC and 35? years later, correspondence. The initial corpus of letters were found at Akhenaten's city Akhetaten, in the floor of the Bureau of Correspondence of Pharaoh; others were later found, adding to the body of letters.
