Image: AmarnaLetterOfMarriageNegotiation-BritishMuseum-August19-08

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Description: One of the "Amarna Letters", in this case a cuneiform tablet from Tushratta, King of the Mitanni, to the pharaoh Amenhotep III-(Akhenaten's father), circa 1350 BC, and found in El-Amarna-(1 of 13 letters authored by Tushratta). This letter contains a negotiation of marriage between the pharaoh and Tushratta's duaghter en:Tadukhipa. (Tushratta letter en:Amarna letter EA 19, obverse) - WAA 29791.
Title: AmarnaLetterOfMarriageNegotiation-BritishMuseum-August19-08
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