Pawura

Amarna letter EA 362 (Reverse), photographed at the Louvre.
Pawura is referenced near the end of the letter.
(very high-resolution expandable photo)

Pawura, and also: Pauru, Piwure, Puuru/Puwuru was an Egyptian official of the 1350–1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. As mentioned in letter no. 171, he was also an Egyptian "archer–commander". In letter no. 289 he is called an "irpi–official". In Egyptian his name means 'the Great One', (Pa-wr/Pa-ur)(letter EA 287:45-"1.-Pa-Ú-Ru"[1])

Pawura's name is referenced in the following letters: (EA for 'el Amarna')

  1. Rib-Haddi–The Rib-Hadda sub-corpus of 68 letters: EA 117, 124, 129, 131, 132, and EA 362.
  2. Aziru–EA 171, by Aziru of Ammuru, Title: "Eager to Serve".
  3. EA 263–EA 263, a short letter. Title: "Robbed of Everything." (author unknown)
  4. Abdi-Heba–EA 287 and EA 289, letters by Abdi-Heba to pharaoh.(see EA 287 here: Photo, EA 287: Reverse)

Pawura's death is mentioned in the Rib-Hadda letters except EA 117, and 124, along with the demise of others, or the warring with the Habiru, or the leaders of Ammuru: (Abdi-Ashirta, or his son, Aziru).

  1. ^ Photo, EA 287: Line Drawing, Akkadian text: Obverse & Reverse Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine, CDLI no. 271090 (Chicago Digital Library Initiative)