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 and I guard the city of Tubakhi for the King my Lord my God my Sun. And behold this city of Tubakhi is the city of the plains of my fathers.”

132 B.—“To the King my Lord by letter thus (says) Artabania, chief of the city Ziribasani thy servant. At the feet of the King my Lord seven times, on my face, seven times I bow. Behold a message to me to speed to meet the Egyptian (bitati) soldiers. And who am I but a dog only, and shall I not march? Behold me, with my soldiers and my chariots meeting the Egyptian soldiers at the place of which the King my Lord speaks.”

78 B. M.—“To the King my Lord thus the chief of the city Gubbu thy servant. At the feet of the King my Lord my Sun (permit?) that seven times, on my face, seven times I bow. Thou hast sent as to going to meet the Egyptian soldiers, and now I with my soldiers and my chariots meet the soldiers of the King my Lord, at the place you march to.”

64 B. M—“To Yankhamu my Lord by letter thus Muutaddu thy servant. I bow at my Lord’s feet as this says, announcing that the enemy is hastening speedily as—my Lord—was announced to the King of the city Bikhisi from friends of his Lord. Let the King my Lord speed: let the King my Lord fly: for the foe is wasting in the city Bikhisi this two months, there is none On account of (Bibelu?) having told me this one has asked then  until by the arrival of Anamarut (Amenophis IV) the city of