Amarna letter EA 365

The text is continuous, such that a final line (line 31) is needed, and is written on a final available edge of the tablet – thus text is found upon 5 sections — Obverse, Bottom Edge, Reverse, Top Edge, and Side.

Letter EA 365 is authored by Biridiya of Megiddo and is written to the Pharaoh of Egypt (in the 14th century BC, Egypt referred to as Mizri/Miṣri).

The letter's subject is the harvesting of crops by corvée (forced) labor men/women.

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.

The following English language text, and Akkadian is from Rainey, 1970, El Amarna Tablets, 359-379:[2] Reverse, top half, Akkadian: Moran's non-linear letter English language translation (translated from the French language):[3] EA 365, Reverse:

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EA 365, Reverse, ( bottom half ).
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Full EA 365, Reverse