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Amarna letter, ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Egyptian, New Kingdom, Amarna Period Clay; H. 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.); W. 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1924 (24.2.11) http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/544695

The Amarna Letters provide a wealth of insights into diplomatic relations between Egypt and the kingdoms, empires, and vassal states of the Late Bronze Age.