Šuwardata

The name Šuwardata may be of Indo-Aryan origin, perhaps reflecting a compound including the Vedic Sun god Surya and meaning "given by heaven." ==Sample of Šuwardata's letters==

Besides letters EA 283, and EA 366, (EA for 'el Amarna'), only letter 280 tells of intrigues: See Labaya, or Abdi-Heba, as EA 280 claims: ''"Moreover, Lab'ayu who used to take our town, is dead, but now [an]other Lab'ayu is 'Abdi-Heba, and he seizes our town."'' The other 5 letters do refer to the following: Qeltu-(Qiltu, Keilah:); silver (as mercenary pay); the Sun, (as Rê); the archer-forces; and the only reference to Rahmanu, an Egyptian official, (letter EA 284, "The powerful hand of the king"). EA 283: "Oh to see the king"--(no. 6 of 8) All Šuwardata's letters are addressed to the pharaoh. Šuwardata must have been an important regional individual, since he claims 30 cities, sub-cities, or city-states have been warring with his city. EA 366: "A rescue operation"--(no. 8 of 8) ==List of letters==

:#EA 278—title: "As ordered (4)" :#EA 279—title: "A wasteland" :#EA 280—title: ''"Lab'ayu redivivus"'' :#EA 281—title: "Rebellion" :#EA 282—title: "Alone" :#EA 283—title: "Oh! to see the king. :#EA 284—title: "The powerful hand of the king" and from the later corpus: :#EA 366—title: "A rescue operation" ==See also==