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A note on patronage in the Amarna letters

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Abstract

This article is intended as a supplement to the discussion on patronage in the Late Bronze Age Levant (ca. 16th-12th century bc) initiated by R. Westbrook's seminal 2005 paper (Westbrook 2005). It focuses on one of his case studies, namely the evidence provided by the Amarna letters (mid-14th century bc). To gain a deeper understanding of the social and political structure(s) of the above-mentioned region, data closely related to the functioning of the Egyptian administration in the region are discussed and reevaluated. The search for patronage or patronage-like relationship(s) in the epistolary corpus is conducted through a series of textual analyses.

How to Cite:

Mynárová, J., (2021) “A note on patronage in the Amarna letters”, Akkadica 142(2), 181–190. doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/akkadica.99681

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