The Amarna Diplomatic Correspondence (c. 1360–1330 BCE)

1. New Kingdom adopts Akkadian for diplomacy

   Jan 1, 1360 BCELabels: Egyptian court, Akkadian cuneiform

   • Britannica
   • CDLI

2. Great Power exchanges with Amenhotep III

   Jan 1, 1360 BCELabels: Amenhotep III, Great Kings

   • Britannica
   • CDLI

3. Akhenaten continues foreign correspondence at Akhetaten

   Jan 1, 1353 BCELabels: Akhenaten, Akhetaten

   • Britannica
   • CDLI

4. Levantine vassal letters report local crises

   Jan 1, 1350 BCELabels: Levantine vassals

   • Britannica
   • Brit Museum

5. Archive extends into early Tutankhamun period

   Jan 1, 1330 BCELabels: Tutankhamun period, Amarna corpus

   • Britannica
   • CDLI

6. Local discovery of the Amarna tablets

   Jan 1, 1887Labels: Tell el-Amarna, Amarna tablets

   • Britannica
   • Nature

7. British Museum acquires early Amarna tablets

   Jan 1, 1888Labels: British Museum

   • Brit Museum
   • Britannica

8. First major British Museum facsimile edition published

   May 19, 1892Labels: British Museum, facsimile edition

   • Nature
   • Wikimedia

9. Knudtzon standardizes “EA” numbering and edition

   Jan 1, 1907Labels: J A, EA numbering

   • Open Library
   • WHE

10. Mercer publishes large English-language edition

    Jan 1, 1939Labels: S A

    • NLA
    • Cambridge Core

11. Rainey publishes additions from later-identified tablets

    Jan 1, 1970Labels: Anson F

    • WHE
    • EA 367

12. Moran issues influential French translation edition

    Jan 1, 1987Labels: William L

    • Pers e
    • Mollat

13. Moran’s authoritative English translation released

    Jan 1, 2002Labels: Moran English

    • Hopkins Press

14. CDLI publishes a curated Amarna letters digital set

    May 2, 2024Labels: CDLI, digital corpus

    • CDLI