The Tell El-Amarna Tablets — The Tell el Amarna Tablets † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Tell el Amarna Tablets The Tell el Amarna Tablets are a collection of some 350 clay tablets found in 1887 amid the ruins of the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaton (modern Tell… … Catholic encyclopedia
Tel-el-Amarna tablets — Tel el Amarna Tel el A*mar na, n. [Ar., hill of Amarna.] A station on the Nile in Egypt, midway between Thebes and Memphis, forming the site of the ancient city of Akhetaton, capital of Amenophis IV. (Akhenaton, or Amenhotep IV., of the 18th… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tell el-Amarna Tablets, The — • A collection of some 350 clay tablets found in 1887 amid the ruins of the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaton Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
Amarna letters — The Amarna letters (sometimes Amarna correspondence or Amarna tablets ) are an archive of correspondence on clay tablets, mostly diplomatic, between the Egyptian administration and its representatives in Canaan and Amurru during the New Kingdom.… … Wikipedia
Amarna-Briefe — EA 161 (Vorderseite), Aziru von Amurru an den Pharao Bei den sogenannten Amarna Briefen (auch Amarna Archiv) handelt es sich um einen umfangreichen Fund an Tontafeln in akkadischer Keilschrift des Palastarchives des Pharao Echnaton aus seiner… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Amarna-Archiv — EA 161 (Vorderseite), Aziru von Amurru an den Pharao Bei den sogenannten Amarna Briefen (auch Amarna Archiv) handelt es sich um einen umfangreichen Fund an Tontafeln in akkadischer Keilschrift des Palastarchives des Pharao Echnaton aus seiner… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Amarna — The site of Amarna (commonly known as el Amarna or incorrectly as Tel el Amarna; see below) (Arabic: العمارنة al ‘amārnah ) is located on the east bank of the Nile River in the modern Egyptian province of Minya, some 58 km (38 miles) south of the … Wikipedia
Amarna — /euh mahr neuh/, adj. (sometimes l.c.) of or pertaining to the period in ancient Egyptian history described on cuneiform tablets (Amarna tablets) that were found in 1887 at Tell el Amarna and contain the correspondence (Amarna letters) from… … Universalium
amarna — əˈmärnə adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Tell el Amarna, ancient station on the Nile river bet. Thebes and Memphis, Egypt : of or belonging to the period of time about 1375 1360 B.C. that is described on the ancient Egyptian… … Useful english dictionary
Amarna, Tell el- — Ancient city, Egypt. Located midway between Thebes and Memphis on the Nile River, it was built in the 14th century BC by the Egyptian king (pharaoh) Akhenaton, who moved his subjects there in order to found a new monotheistic religion. Artifacts… … Universalium