Home Timeline Geography Search Sources Links Info+Contact 680947 visitors since may 8, 2005 NAVIGATE Overall Index Africa Egypt Places Cities in Egypt Tell el Amarna Amarna Tablets Amarna Tablets An extensive find of texts in Akkadian cuneiform accounting the royal court's communication with foreign rulers and chieftains of Mesopotamia, Asia minor, and the Levant. Names occuring in the Amarna Tablets: name biblical translation Labayu Saul Shaul the lion [of Yahweh] / asked for Mutbaal Ishbaal Eshbaal/Ishbosheth man of Baal Dadua David Dadu the beloved [of Yahweh] Ayab Joab A-Ya-ab Ya[weh] is the father Yishuya Jesse Yishay [Yahweh] exists Benenima Baanah Bin-Ana-ima son of Ana Shuwardata Achish Aki-Shimige the sun has given Aziru Hadadezer [Hadad]-ezra Hadad is the helper Tehuteshub Tou/Toi ?? of Teshub Lupakku Shopak Shupak[ku] man of Pakku / he of Pakku Tian-na Zion Tsiyon see also Ugarit Eclipse write a comment or suggest a text, search on Google this entry was last changed Oct 19, 2006 SWJ 2026, no rights reserved