Quotations and phrases Amarna letters
1 quotations , phrases
1.1 bird in cage
1.2 brick may move..
1.3 lack of cultivator..
1.4 hale sun...
1.5 looked way, , looked...
1.6 may lady of gubla..
1.7 pot held in pledge
1.8 7 times , 7 times again
1.9 fall ... 7 times , 7... on , on stomach
1.10 when ant struck..
quotations , phrases
a small number of amarna letters in class of poetry. example ea 153, (ea el amarna ). ea 153, entitled: ships on hold , abimilku of tyre short, 20-line letter. lines 6-8, , 9-11 parallel phrases, each ending ...before troops of king, lord. -( before , line 8, line 11). both sentences identical, , repetitive, subject statement changing.
the entire corpus of amarna letters has many standard phrases. has phrases, , quotations used once. parables: (ea 252: ...when ant pinched (struck), not fight , bite hand of man struck it? ....)
bird in cage
a bird in cage (trap)—rib-hadda subcorpus of letters. (rib-hadda trapped in gubla-(byblos), unable move freely.)
brick may move..
a brick may move under partner, still not move under feet of king, lord.—used in letters ea 266, 292, , 296. ea 292 adda-danu of gazru.
lack of cultivator..
lack of cultivator, field woman without husband. —rib-hadda letter ea 75
hale sun...
, know king-(pharaoh) hale sun in sky. troops , chariots in multitude goes well.... —see: endaruta, short form; see: milkilu, long form. found in ea 99: entitled: pharaoh vassal . (with addressee damaged)
looked way, , looked...
looked way, , looked way, , there no light. looked towards king, lord, , there light. —ea 266 tagi (ginti mayor); ea 296 yahtiru.
may lady of gubla..
may lady of gubla grant power king, lord. —varieties of phrase in rib-hadda letters
a pot held in pledge
a pot held in pledge—the pot of debt. ea 292 adda-danu of gazru.
7 times , 7 times again
7 times , 7 times—over , on again
7 times plus 7—ea 189, see: etakkama of kadesh (title)-(qidšu)
i fall ... 7 times , 7... on , on stomach
i fall, @ feet, ... 7 times , 7 times, on , on stomach —ea 316, pu-ba lu, , used in numerous letters pharaoh. see: commissioner: tahmašši.
when ant struck..
...when ant pinched (struck), not fight , bite hand of man struck it? —a phrase used labayu defending actions of overtaking cities, ea 252. title: sparing 1 s enemies .
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