Ashur-uballit I
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Ashur-uballit I, who reigned between c. 1363 and c. 1328 BC, was king of Assyria and the first king of the Middle Assyrian Empire. After his father Eriba-Adad I had broken half a century of intermitte
Tablet from the reign of Ashur-uballit I
Amarna letter EA 15, from Ashur-uballit I to the Pharaoh of Egypt.
Amarna letters
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The Amarna letters are an archive, written on clay tablets, primarily consisting of diplomatic correspondence between the Egyptian administration and its representatives in Canaan and Amurru, or neigh
Ashur-uballit I
…I. Together, they had at least one son, Prince Kara-hardash. They may also have been the parents of Kurigalzu II, or his grandparents. Two of the Amarna letters were sent by Ashur-uballit I. With Assyrian power firmly established in Mesopotamia, northeast Levant and southeast Anatolia, Ashur-uballit started to…
Five Amarna letters on display at the British Museum, London
Amarna letter EA 153 from Abimilku
Line drawing, obverse