Subject: Archival Documents from the Biblical World; Akkadian Archival Documents; Letters; Tell El-Amarna
Letter of Labʾayu of Shechem (Šakmu) (EA 254) (3.92G)
Subject: Gen 43:28; 1 Sam 24:9; Isa 60:14; Josh 10:33; 12:12; 16:3, 10; 21:21; Judg 1:29; 2 Sam 5:25; 1 Kgs 15–17; 1 Chr 6:52; 7:28; 14:16; 20:4; 1 Sam 8:11–17
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To the king, my lord and my Sun. Thus Labʾayu, your servant and the dirt on whi…
Commentary
Labʾayu again protests his utter loyalty, further elaborating the rhetoric of EA 253 (COSB.3.92F).