This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ...soldiers, and he, too, and the cities in his charge, are in fact under the rule of Aziru. To whom is he to be "faithful," according to the words of the king's despatch? Moreover, the followers of Abd-Ashirta are in league with Aziru, and, as the king knows, they do what is good in their own eyes, and ...
Read More
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ...soldiers, and he, too, and the cities in his charge, are in fact under the rule of Aziru. To whom is he to be "faithful," according to the words of the king's despatch? Moreover, the followers of Abd-Ashirta are in league with Aziru, and, as the king knows, they do what is good in their own eyes, and they have set on fire the cities of the king. 20.--Letter from Rib-Adda, governor of Byblos, to the King of Egypt. He informs "his lord, the Great King, the king of the world, king of the universe," that he will continue to defend the country in the future as he has done in the past. A break interrupts the meaning of the next paragraph; but it seems that Bikhura, governor of the city of Kumiti, had sent a hostile force against Byblos. Rib-Adda therefore begs the king, if he loves his faithful servant, to send troops to defend the city in his own interest. Referring to the king's former order, Rib-Adda asks how it is possible for him to defend himself against Abdirama, Iddin-Adda, and Abdi-milki, followers of Abd-Ashirta, whom Bikhura has urged to come up against him, seeing that they have already made themselves master of all the king's territory. The letter concludes with a repetition of the request for troops.! Sec letters No. 12 (p. xlv), and No. 13 (p. xlvii). In a tablet at Berlin (No. 134, 1. 4), Abdi-milki, one of the opponents of Rib-Adda, is called the governor of the city Shaskhi(mi), who at the request of the king of Egypt promises that his contingent of soldiers and horses and chariots shall join the royal army at the rendezvous. 21.--Letter from Rib-Adda, governor of Byblos, to Amanappa,1 a high official of the King of Egypt. The text of this tablet is so much mutilated that not a single line is complete. From...
Read Less
Add this copy of The Tell El-Amarna Tablets in the British Museum: With to cart. $20.57, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2021 by Legare Street Press.
