The Amarna Letters by William L Moran

The Amarna Letters by William L Moran

And Egyptian vassal Rib-Hadda, writing from the besieged port of Byblos, repeatedly demands military assistance for his city or, failing that, an Egyptian ship to permit his own escape.

The acknowledged master of these texts is William Moran, who produced a complete re-edition of the tablets, in French, in 1987The Amarna Letters is a revised version of this, done into English. Open it, and hear these voices from a vanished empire speak after three and a half millennia. Times Literary Supplement Fascinating... The refined scholarship and mature pedagogy of a distinguished student of the ancient Near East. Libraries and Culture "A superb treatment of the Amarna Letters. Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie

William L. Moran (1921-2000) was Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities, Emeritus, in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University.

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ISBN 13	9780801867156
ISBN 10	0801867150
Title	The Amarna Letters
Author	William L Moran
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Johns Hopkins University Press
Year published	2002-02-26
Number of pages	448
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