Amarna letters

archive, written on clay tablets, primarily consisting of diplomatic correspondence between the Egyptian administration and its representatives in Canaan and Amurru during the New Kingdom
Place diplomatic_correspondence Q235502
Amarna letters
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Amarna letters

Summary

Amarna letters is a diplomatic correspondence[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of diplomatic_correspondence entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (438 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Amarna letters is in the country of Ancient Egypt[3].
  • Amarna letters's image is recorded as Amarna Akkadian letter.png[4].
  • Amarna letters's instance of is recorded as diplomatic correspondence[5].
  • Amarna letters's instance of is recorded as archives[6].
  • Amarna letters's instance of is recorded as archaeological artefact[7].
  • Amarna letters's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 209857170[8].
  • Amarna letters's GND ID is recorded as 1137587407[9].
  • Amarna letters's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80008500[10].
  • Amarna letters's writing system is recorded as cuneiform[11].
  • Amarna letters's Commons category is recorded as Amarna letters[12].
  • Amarna letters's language of work or name is recorded as Akkadian[13].
  • Amarna letters's has part is recorded as Amarna Letter EA 1[14].
  • Amarna letters's has part is recorded as Amarna Letter EA 2[15].
  • Amarna letters's has part is recorded as Amarna Letter EA 3[16].
  • Amarna letters's start time is recorded as -1350-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Amarna letters's end time is recorded as -1330-00-00T00:00:00Z[18].
  • Amarna letters's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/036pns[19].
  • Amarna letters's SELIBR ID is recorded as 402146[20].
  • Amarna letters's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Amarna letters[21].
  • Amarna letters's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22].
  • Amarna letters's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Amarna-Letters[23].
  • Amarna letters's Jewish Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 15076[24].
  • Amarna letters's Catholic Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 14477d[25].
  • Amarna letters's Orthodox Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 114288[26].
  • Amarna letters's Libris-URI is recorded as b8nr0qnv14mgt30[27].

Body

Geography

Amarna letters is in the country of Ancient Egypt[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include diplomatic correspondence[5], archives[6], and archaeological artefact[7].

Why It Matters

Amarna letters ranks in the top 5% of diplomatic_correspondence entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (438 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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