The Tell Amarna Tablets

Traditional

Translated by C. R. Conder

154 chapters · about 2 h

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The opening

B. M. 58.

‘To the kings of the land of Canaan, servants of my brother, thus says the great King. Now Akiya is my messenger to the presence of the King of Egypt, my brother. Speak respectfully to the chief, and assist his people in every way. Have not they gone forth from my brother? Guard him as he proceeds to him; and he conducts on their return natives of the land of Egypt. With a speedy message they proceed to go forth; and do ye nothing against him.’

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About this edition

The words
C. R. Conder's English translation, copied word for word.
Left out
  • Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 4 places
  • The scanned copy's cover and endpaper marks, read as characters by the OCR (38 blocks)
  • The library's bookplate, stamps and label (Cornell University, President White Library) (8 blocks)
  • The half-title (2 blocks)
  • Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 3 places
  • A general map, read as characters by the OCR (6 blocks)
  • Archive.org's notice on the scanned copy (Cornell University Library) (4 blocks)
  • The title page and opening pages before chapter 1
  • The printed table of contents (the app makes its own)
  • A preface, foreword or afterword, in 2 places
  • Maps, facsimiles and specks read as characters by the OCR, and printer's signature marks (52 blocks)
  • Conder's section heading (shown as the part label of its chapters) (7 blocks)
  • The dash joining a letter's printed number to its first words (the number is the chapter heading)
  • Other material that isn't the author's, in 2 places
  • The index
  • End leaves of the scan, read as characters by the OCR (68 blocks)