Amarna letter EA 9 is a tall, compact 38 line clay tablet letter of 3 paragraphs, in pristine condition, with few flaws on the clay. The photo of the reverse (pictured) shows half of Paragraph III, and some of the signs.
Reverse King Burna-Buriash II of Babylon (Kardunias) to Pharaoh
Obverse
Image: Amarna letter. Letter from the Kassite king Burna Buriash II (in Babylonia, Mesopotamia) to the Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep III. From Tell El Amarna, Egypt. Circa 1350 BCE. British Museum
Burna-Buriaš II, was a king in the Kassite dynasty of Babylon, in a kingdom contemporarily called Karduniaš, ruling ca. 1359–1333 BC, where the Short and Middle chronologies have converged. Recorded as the 19th King to ascend the Kassite throne, he succeeded Kadašman-Enlil I, who was likely his father, and ruled for 27 years. He was a contemporary of the Egyptian Pharaohs Amenhotep III and Akhenaten. The proverb "the time of checking the books is the shepherds' ordeal" was attributed to him in a letter to the later king Esarhaddon from his agent Mar-Issar.
Seal dedicated to Burna-Buriash II.
Reverse of clay cuneiform tablet, EA 9, letter from Burna-Buriaš II to Nibḫurrereya (Tutankhamun?) from Room 55 of the British Museum.
Bronze statue of Napir-asu in the Louvre.
