Amarna letter EA 19, is a tall clay tablet letter of 13 paragraphs, in relatively pristine condition, with some minor flaws on the clay, but a complete enough story, that some included words can complete the story of the letter. Entitled "Love and Gold", the letter is about gold from Egypt, love between father-king ancestors and the current relationship between the King of Mitanni and the Pharaoh of Misri, and marriage of women from King Tushratta of Mitanni to the Pharaoh of Egypt. Besides the Double Line Ruling, for paragraphing, an overwritten Single Line Rule is at clay tablet left margin, as well as cuneiform characters inscribed upon a vertical right margin line of Single Line Rule. The Amarna letters, about 300, numbered up to EA 382, are a mid14th century BC, about 1386 BC and 45 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.
The letter
EA 19: ''"Love and gold"''
Letter three of thirteen between Tushratta and the Pharaoh of Egypt. :
In letter EA 19, 'gold' is referenced 21 times. It is used in connection with other gift names in the closingparagraph, P. XIII, as examples: 1 gold goblet, and 19 pieces of gold, its centerpiece being of genuine lapis lazuli set in gold. The entire list contains ten items, ending with: 10 teams of horses; 10 wooden chariots along with everything belonging to them; and 30 women men. The first mention of 'gold', Akkadian language "hurāṣu" occurs on the obverse, EA 9, in paragraphs VI and VII. Unlike EA 9 which just uses the sumerogramKUG.GI for gold, EA 19 uses the plural form in some of the cuneiform signs. For lines 34, 37, Para VI, and line 41, Para VII the form is KUG.GI.MEŠ. Of note KUG is used infrequently in the Amarna letters. GI, or gi is used more commonly in the Amarna letters An example of its Amarna letter usage is a letter from Jerusalem, stating intrigues of people and surrounding cities. It is used in Jerusalem letter Amarna letter EA 289, titled A Reckoning Demanded, for the name of Tagi, as Tagi,.
