Amarna letter EA 256

Amarna letter EA 256, in short EA 256, catalogued under the title Oaths and Denials,[1][dubious – discuss] is one of a total of about 350 so-called Amarna letters, belonging to an official correspondence dating to the mid-14th century BC (about 1350 BC till 20–25 years later).

The initial corpus of letters were found at Akhenaten's city Akhetaten, on the floor of the Bureau of Correspondence of Pharaoh; others were later found, adding to the body of letters.

The reverse of the letter (see Rohl[2]), has a list of towns in, or associated with the Golan Heights.

The letter contains 14 (15) lines on the obverse, continuing on the bottom tablet edge to conclude at line 31 on the reverse, leaving a small space before the final tablet edge.

Letter EA 256 is authored by Mutbaal, the son of Labaya, and written to the Pharaoh.