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Tahmašši
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Tahmašši, or Takhmašši, and also known by his hypocoristicon or pet name: Tahmaya, or Atahmaya was an Egyptian official to pharaoh in the 1350 BC Amarna letters correspondence. His name comes from: 'Ptah-mes', meaning Ptah-Born, or "Born of Ptah".
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Lines, obverse, 1-14, (of 28), line 13 (second from bottom) shows Takhmašši's name (characters 3-7), spelled 1.--A-tah-ma-ia.[1] (One (cuneiform)-(diš) is the single vertical stroke for 1, or Individual, person, etc. The last character, 'ia' is unseen on right side of tablet.)
Tahmašši's name is used in 4 Amarna letters as follows-(EA for 'el Amarna'):
- EA 265–Tahmaya, Tahmaya
- EA 303–Tahmašši
- EA 316–Tahmaya
- EA 364–Atahmaya—See Ayyab of Aštartu-(Tell-Ashtara)