Amarna letter EA 289


Amarna letter EA 289, titled: "A Reckoning Demanded," is a moderately tall, finely-inscribed clay tablet letter, approximately 6.5 in tall, from Abdi-Heba the mayor/ruler of Jerusalem, of the mid 14th century BC Amarna letters. The scribe of his six letters to Egypt were penned by the "Jerusalem scribe"; EA 289 is a moderately long, and involved letter, mentioning ten named individuals, some more that three times. A total of nine locations are referenced, as well as men of the "Hapiru"-, and men of "Qilyi-ki".
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.
Letter EA 289 : https://web.archive.org/web/20150505060027/http://amarna.ieiop.csic.es/amarna/Tablillas/EA%20288/EA%20288-VAT%201643%20, is numbered VAT 1645, from the [Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin.

The letter

EA 289: ''"A Reckoning Demanded"''

EA 289, letter five of six.

List of Individuals, Places, or Peoples in EA 289

A list of the people of EA 289, cities, towns, or countries, and equivalent 'groups of peoples':
Individuals:
Placenames or Peoples:
-
The Akkadian language text:
Akkadian:
Tablet Obverse:
segue:
segue:
segue:
Tablet bottom:
Tablet Reverse:
Note: The endings of lines 1-4 are the missing corner of the clay tablet letter, and the words- are replaced by context, and the common style of the 'introductions' of the Amarna letters. Of note, only the obverse of letter EA 289 uses the segues of Look!, Akkadian language amāru. An equivalent use is on the start of the reverse of EA 365, for the entire end-story of EA 365. The "segue"-use there is "And Look!",..."But, Look...", using "u" "amāru";.