Prostration formula
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In the 1350 BC correspondence of 382 letters, called the Amarna letters, the prostration formula is usually the opening subservient remarks to the addressee, the Egyptian pharaoh. The formula is based
Amarna letter EA 364, "Justified War", City-state-ruler Ayyab of Ashartu to Pharaoh. Line 5, "7 times (and) and 7 times...", (7-šu 7-ta-an, (5 cuneiform characters)), "I bow down" (line 6: 2 signs: am-qut).
Labaya
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Labaya was a Canaanite prince and the ruler of Shechem in the central hill country of southern Canaan during the Amarna Period. He lived contemporaneously with the pharaoh Akhenaten. Labaya is mention
Prostration formula
…lines 1-17 (complete, but with lacunae) See: Amarna letters for the phrase "7 times and 7 times". Biridiya letter 246, no. 5 of 7: title: "The sons of Lab'ayu" Say to the king, my lord and my Sun: Message of Biridiya, your loyal servant. I fall at the feet of the king, m[y] lord and my Sun, 7 times and 7…
Amarna letter. Letter from Labaya (ruler of Shechem) to the Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep III or his son Akhenaten. 14th century BCE. From Tell el-Amarna, Egypt. British Museum. ME 29844. EA 252