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The formula is often repetitive, or multi-part, with parts seeming to repeat and can go forward in a typical standard format. However, the prostration formula may also be duplicated in a similar format at the end of a letter, or a foreshortened part of the formula may be entered, for effect, in the
316:(peoples), 7 times plus 7 times. My lord is the Sun in the sky, and like the coming forth of the Sun in the sky (your) servants await the coming forth of the words from the mouth of their lord. I am indeed, together with my troops and
302:, your servant, the dirt at your feet, and the ground you tread on, the chair you sit on and the footstool at your feet. I fall at the feet of the king, my lord, the
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myself at the feet of the king, my lord and my Sun, 7 times and 7 times. I herewith give what the king, my lord, requested: 30
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This letter contains all the uses of "dirt, ground, chair, and footstool", seldom found in one letter.
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332:, wheresoever the king, my lord, shall order--(order me to go). —EA 195, lines 1-32 (complete)
231:, your loyal servant. I fall at the feet of the king, m lord and my Sun, 7 times and 7 times.
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are at peace, but I am at war. —EA 242, lines 1-17 (complete, but with
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and , and indee you ar. May the king, my lord, know. The two sons of
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is usually the opening subservient remarks to the addressee, the
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Johns
Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. (softcover,
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An example of: "Dirt, Ground, Chair, and
Footstool"
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211:Biridiya letter 246, no. 5 of 7: title:
136:Biridiya letter 242, no. 1 of 7: title:
18:
16:In Amarna letters, phrases of servility
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348:Amarna letters–phrases and quotations
298:Say to the king, my lord: Message of
234:I have heard the mes o the ki .... (
120:The letters EA 242 and 246 are from
168:, the loyal servant of the king. I
44:"7 times (and) and 7 times...", (7-
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287:letter EA 195, no. 2 of 4: title:
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289:"Waiting for the Pharaoh's words"
320:, together with my brothers, my
223:Say to the king, my lord and my
407:Alter Orient Altes Testament 8
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113:Some example letters with the
105:but also in other localities.
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328:, at the disposition of the
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400:El Amarna Tablets, 359-379,
368:El Amarna Tablets, 359-379,
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74:of 382 letters, called the
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89:. The formula is based on
128:-(Megiddo), (EA for 'el
250:have indeed gien their
40:of Ashartu to Pharaoh.
423:Amarna letters writers
144:Say to the king-(i.e.
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205:"7 times and 7 times"
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109:middle of a letter.
24:Amarna letter EA 364
382:The Amarna Letters.
115:Prostration formula
80:prostration formula
271:me. the king of
148:), my lord and my
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379:Moran, William L.
138:"Request granted"
97:rulers or vassal
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268:in ord]er to wst
101:, especially in
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164:, the ruler of
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70:In the 1350 BC
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29:"Justified War"
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76:Amarna letters
72:correspondence
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227:: Message of
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213:"The sons of
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152:: Message-('
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405:, (AOAT 8,
99:city-states
91:prostration
417:Categories
370:pp. 22-23.
354:References
185:, ... of
34:City-state
300:Biryawaza
285:Biryawaza
242:Reverse:
171:prostrate
398:, 1970.
337:See also
318:chariots
313:li-me-ma
310:(over):
258:and the
229:Biridiya
182:... deed
162:Biridiya
122:Biridiya
84:Egyptian
42:Line 5,
330:archers
326:Suteans
324:and my
306:of the
262:Suteans
254:to the
248:Lab'ayu
215:Lab'ayu
193:lacunae
188:the and
166:Magidda
156:–
146:pharaoh
126:Magidda
87:pharaoh
36:-ruler
396:Rainey
388:
322:'Apiru
256:'Apiru
236:lacuna
160:') of
130:Amarna
103:Canaan
95:vassal
78:, the
252:money
199:See:
178:, rds
38:Ayyab
386:ISBN
308:dawn
176:oxen
132:').
304:Sun
225:Sun
150:Sun
124:of
62:qut
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158:ma
154:um
58:am
54:an
50:ta
48:7-
46:šu
32:,
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