Zimredda (Lachish mayor) was
the mayor of Lachish
in the mid
14th century BC. He is mentioned in the
Amarna letters, and is the author of
EA 329, (EA
for 'el Amarna
').
Only two other references are made to "Zimredda of
Lakiša"–(Lachish} in the
corpus. He is
part of the subject of letter EA 333, titled:
"Plots and
disloyalty" . His death is reported in EA 288 by
Abdi-Heba–(letter no. 4 of 6), at the hands of the
Habiru.
In the Amarna letters
correspondence,
from
1350-
1335 BC,
the other mayor of Lakiša was
Šipti-Ba'lu, author of letters EA
330-332.
"Zimredda of Lakiša" letter--no. 329
Title:
Preparations under way. EA 329, lines 1-20
(complete)
See also
References
- Moran, William L. The
Amarna Letters. John Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992.
(softcover, ISBN 0-8018-6715-0)