Amarna letter EA 290

The short letter of EA 290, summarizes the local discord of neighboring city-states and their rulers, and the problem with the warring Habiru ('Apiru).

It has some damage (lacunae), but not enough to obscure the short letter's story/ The Amarna letters, about 300, numbered up to EA 382, are a mid 14th century BC, about 1350 BC and 20–25 years later, correspondence.

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

Letter EA 290 (also see here-(Obverse & Reverse): [2]), is numbered VAT 1646, from the Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin.

The map shows various cities and regions, and their respective dealings with the Habiru.