List of Amarna letters by size

This is a List of Amarna letters by size, mostly length X width, and starting with the shortest (in Height). Note: a few Amarna letters are wider than tall, for example EA 290.

It should be understood the definition of "mayor" in the Amarna letters. (The definition of King is relatively obvious). Some mayors are called the "Man Town XXX". The obvious description is to call the mayor a

'Apiru

).

Amarna letter EA 252

Amarna letters by size (Height x Width) + (Thickness)
Amarna letter	Region/Person	Length X Width	Images
EA 252	letter of Mayor Schechem British Museum no. E 29844^[1]	6.985 centimetres (3 in) X ~5.71 centimetres (2 in) ((~2.75 in x ~2.25 in))	Obverse EA 252, 2.75 in tall Obverse, Lines 1-15 (Bottom & Reverse), Lines 16-31

Amarna letter EA 365

Amarna letters by size (Height x Width) + (Thickness)
Amarna letter	Region/Person	Length X Width	Images
EA 365	letter of Mayor Biridiya of Megiddo Louvre AO 7098^[2]	6.5 centimetres (3 in) X ~6.5 centimetres (3 in)	Obverse EA 365, 6.5 cm tall Obverse, Lines 1-14 (Reverse & Left Side), Lines 15-31

Amarna letter EA 15

Amarna letters by size (Height x Width) + (Thickness)
Amarna letter	Region/Person	Length X Width	Images
EA 15	letter of Ashur-uballit I of Assyria Metropolitan Museum of Art 24.2.11^[3]	7.7 centimetres (3 in) X 5.5 centimetres (2 in)	Obverse EA 15, 7.7 cm tall Obverse, Lines 1-15 (Bottom Edge & Reverse), Lines 16-22

Amarna letter EA 153

Amarna letters by size (Height x Width) + (Thickness)
Amarna letter	Region/Person	Length X Width	Images
EA 153	letter from Abimilku of (island) Tyre Metropolitan Museum 24.2.12^[4]	7.78 centimetres (3 in) X 5.24 centimetres (2 in) Note: Cuneiform characters on letter are very "stubbiform" (non-classical)	Obverse EA 153, 7.78 cm tall Obverse, Lines 1-16 (Bottom Edge & Reverse), Lines 17-20

Amarna letter EA 367

Amarna letters by size (Height x Width) + (Thickness)
Amarna letter	Region/Person	Length X Width	Images
EA 367	letter by Pharaoh to Endaruta of Achshaph (Akšapa) Louvre AO 7095	3.2 in (8.2 cm) X 2.2 in (5.8 cm)	Obverse EA 367, 11.43 cm tall Obverse, Lines 1-16 (Reverse), Lines 17-25

Amarna letter EA 364

Amarna letters by size (Height x Width) + (Thickness)
Amarna letter	Region/Person	Length X Width	Images
EA 364	Mayor Ayyab letter Louvre AO 7094	4.0 inches (10 cm) X 2.3 inches (6 cm)	Obverse EA 364, 10 cm tall

Amarna letter EA 9

Amarna letters by size (Height x Width) + (Thickness)
Amarna letter	Region/Person	Length X Width	Images
EA 9	letter of Burna-Buriash II of Karduniaš (Babylon) British Museum E 29795^[5]	11.3 centimetres (4 in) X 8.1 centimetres (3 in)	Reverse EA 9, 11.3 cm tall (Reverse), Lines 25-38 ((Obverse)), Lines 1-24

Amarna letter EA 161

Amarna letters by size (Height x Width) + (Thickness)
Amarna letter	Region/Person	Length X Width	Images
EA 161	letter from Aziru to Pharaoh British Museum E 29818^[6]	~12.0 cm (4.72 in) X ~8.33 cm (3.28 in)	Obverse EA 161, ~12.0 cm tall Obverse, Lines 1-26 (Reverse & Left), Lines 27-56

Amarna letter EA 38

Amarna letters by size (Height x Width) + (Thickness)
Amarna letter	Region/Person	Length X Width	Images
EA 38	letter from (un-named) King of Alashiya Vorderasiatisches Berlin Museum VAT 153^[7]	13.2 centimetres (5 in) X 10.0 centimetres (4 in)	Obverse EA 38, 13.2 cm tall Obverse, Lines 1-25 (Botton Edge & Reverse), Lines 26-30

Amarna letter EA 5

Amarna letters by size (Height x Width) + (Thickness)
Amarna letter	Region/Person	Length X Width	Images
EA 5	letter from King Kardunias) to Pharaoh British Museum 29787^[8]	14.0 centimetres (6 in) X 7.0 centimetres (3 in)	Obverse EA 5, 14 cm tall Obverse, Lines 1-33

Amarna letter EA 35

Amarna letters by size (Height x Width) + (Thickness)
Amarna letter	Region/Person	Length X Width	Images
EA 35	letter from King of Alashiya British Museum E 29788^[9]	14.61 centimetres (6 in) X 9.84 centimetres (4 in)	Obverse EA 35, 6 in tall Obverse

Amarna letter EA 26

Amarna letters by size (Height x Width) + (Thickness)
Amarna letter	Region/Person	Length X Width	Images
EA 26	letter of Tushratta to Pharaoh's wife British Museum E 29794^[10] (Full tablet view: Photo, EA 26: Obverse)	~14.7 centimetres (6 in) X ~9.5 centimetres (4 in) X ~2.4 centimetres (1 in)	Obverse-(fragment) —(about 40 % of height, lower left corner fragment) EA 26, ~14.7 cm tall Obverse, Lines 1-39 Reverse Lines 40-66 (Full tablet view: Photo, EA 26: Obverse

Amarna letter EA 288

Amarna letters by size (Height x Width) + (Thickness)
Amarna letter	Region/Person	Length X Width	Images
EA 288	letter from Abdi-Heba of Jerusalem (Uru-Salem)(City-Peace) Vorderasiatisches Berlin Museum VAT 1643^[11]	16.2 centimetres (6 in) 16.45 (for line 16 broken gap adjustment) X 10.5 centimetres (4 in)	Obverse EA 288, 16.45 cm tall Obverse, Lines 1-31 (Reverse), Lines 32-66

Amarna letter EA 19

Amarna letters by size (Height x Width) + (Thickness)
Amarna letter	Region/Person	Length X Width	Images
EA 19	letter of Tushratta of Mitanni British Museum E 29791^[12]	19.4 centimetres (8 in) X 9.7 centimetres (4 in)	Obverse EA 19, 19.4 cm tall Obverse, Lines 1-42 (Reverse), Lines 43-85

Amarna letter EA 27

Amarna letters by size (Height x Width) + (Thickness)
Amarna letter	Region/Person	Length X Width	Images
EA 27	letter from Tushratta of Mitanni Vorderasiatisches Berlin Museum VAT 2333^[13]	~~21.0 centimetres (8 in) X ~~12.0 centimetres (5 in)	Obverse EA 27, ~21.0 cm tall Obverse, Lines 1-58 (Reverse), Lines 59-113

References

External links

Vorderasiatisches Museum image gallery for VAT153, EA 38
British Museum image gallery for E29791, EA 19
CDLI listing of all EA Amarna letters, 1-382. They all can show photos/ or drawings of the individual letter.
High-resolution images, from the Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin.

[1] Louvre Museum entry for EA 365

[2] Louvre Museum entry for EA 365

[3] Metropolitan Museum page for EA 15

[4] Metropolitan Museum page for EA 153

[5] Reverse images of EA 9, and EA 17

[6] British Museum entry for EA 161

[7] Vorderasiatisches Museum entry for EA 38

[8] "Tablet | British Museum".

[9] British Museum entry for EA 35

[10] "Tablet | British Museum".

[11] Vorderasiatisches Museum entry for EA 288

[12] British Museum image gallery for E29791, EA 19

[13] Vorderasiatisches Museum entry for EA 288 (no entry at Museum on 9-8-2018)

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