Lady of the Lions


NIN-UR.MAH.MEŠ, named the "Lady" of the Lions, was the author of two letters to the pharaoh, the King of Ancient Egypt, in the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Her name is a representation of the original written script characters of Babylonian 'Sumerograms' , "NIN- + UR.MAH + ", and means, "woman-lion-plural", namely: "Lady Lions".. The Amarna letters are mostly written in Akkadian cuneiform, with local words/phrases/etc due to various city-states or countries.
The name, and location of her city/city-state is unknown. It is today assumed to be Beit Shemesh.

The two Amarna letters

The two letters by the 'Queen Mother',, are both minimally short and concise EA letters and are topically about the takeover of regional cities, by the attacking bands of people: the Hapiru,.

EA 273: ''"From a queen mother"''

EA 274: ''"Another city lost"''

EA 273, Obverse, lines 1–9 (Akkadian language and English)

From the photo of Amarna letter EA 273, the Akkadian language of some of the important words, line-by-line:
Akkadian:
English: