Addaya

Who was Addaya?

Addaya was an Egyptian commissioner during the period of the Amarna letters correspondence. The majority of the Amarna letters were written to the pharaoh of Egypt during a 15-20 year time period.

Addaya is only referenced in four EA Amarna letters. He is in letter EA 254, no. 3 of 3 by Labaya, the person who was aligned with the Habiru of Canaan, the Habiru being one of the main topics of the entire body of Amarna letters. Addaya is also in 3 letters by Abdi-Heba of Jerusalem,.

Because Addaya is only mentioned in the letters of Uru-salim, and Šakmu-, it can be assumed that Addaya only did business in southern Canaan, or at least in the area of Jerusalem.