Amarna letter EA 39

Amarna letter EA 39, titled: "Duty-Free",[1] is a fairly short letter from the King of Alashiya (modern Cyprus).

Almost half the letter, Para I, is a shortened greeting formula.

The letter is requesting the Pharaoh to let messengers pass freely, as they are also being represented as merchants; this also applies to their shipping.

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.