Amarna_letter_EA_12
Amarna letter EA12 is a correspondence written to the King of Egypt by a princess of Babylonia.[1]
A scribe named Kidin-Adad is mentioned within the letter.[1]
This 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.[2][3]
During 1888 the Vorderasiatisches Museum received part of the tablet as part of a group of artifacts given to the museum by J.Simon. A second part of EA12 was given to the museum by Felix von Niemeyer.[4]
The letter, translated by W.L. Moran, reads:[3]
(1–6) Speak to my lord; thus the princess: To you, your ch[ariot]s, the [m]en and [your house] may it be well.
(7–12) May the gods of Burraburiash go with you. Go safely and in peace go forward, see your house.
(12–22) In the pre[sence of my lord], thu[s,] I [prostrate myself], saying, “Since G[...] my envoy has brought colored cloth, to your cities and your house, may it be ‹w›ell. Do not murmur in your heart and impose darkness on me.”
Your servant, Kidin-Adad, is located with me(?), as the substitute of my lord, I would verily go.