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 hold they are with you, seize the ships of the men of the city of Arāda which they have made in the land of Egypt. Again behold Khaiya laments for you do not  and as for us we  by the land of the Amorites.”

45 B. M., a broken letter with passages of interest as follows:

“Moreover, now this city of Gula is afflicted. The region behold of the city of Gula is for the King my Lord. Cannot you do what we desire? But he has done as his heart (desired) with all the lands of the King. Behold this sin which Aziru with the King; (he has slain) the King of the land of Ammiya and (the King of Ar) data: and the King of the Land of Ni (has slain?) a Paka (‘chief’) of the King my Lord and the King knows his faithful servant, and he has despatched a garrison from his city, thirty men and fifty chariots, to the city of Gebal. I have been right. He had turned, O King, his heart from everything that Aziru orders him. For everything that he orders, the messages are unanswered. But every governor of the King he has ordered to be slain. I am forgotten. Behold Aziru has cursed the King my Lord.”

158 B.—The greater part of this letter is too broken to read, but refers to Abdasherah, and appears to be written to Yankhamu. The city of Simyra is mentioned, and the city Arpad, and the palace or fortress of the former, with certain men therein. The soldiers of a city Sekhlali are also noticed, but it is not clear where this place is to be sought.

47 B.—“Ribadda of the city of Gebal (Gubla) to his Lord the King of many lands, the prosperous King. Baalath of