Petrie, William M. Flinders: Syria and Egypt from the Tell el Amarna letters (London, 1898)

LETTERS OF THE PEACE 27

The throne name of Amenhotep III.,
which we render as Neb-maat-ra, was
variously vocalized by the cuneiform scribes
as Nimmuria, Nammuria, Nimutriya, or
Mimmuria; these variations show how little
exactness can be expected in cuneiform
versions of names.

The reference to the mountain of Igaid
is a clue, as that is apparently the Ygatiy
of the Travels of the Mohar of Ramesside
times ; and from the position of the name
there it seems to have been about the
Lebanon, perhaps connected with Ain
Yakut on the old pass over the Lebanon,
between Damascus and Beyrut. So this
prince of the Khatti ruled on the Lebanon
in the time of Amenhotep III., showing
how the Hittites had already begun to
occupy Syria. The Hittite writer of the
letter seems to have been entering on the
family alliances with the Egyptians, which
were carried on till Ramessu II. Another
letter appears to be also from the Hittites,
showing that they were tributaries, or, at
least, on good terms.

(2) ZIDA ... to king of Egypt. When mes-
sengers went to the Khatti, Z. alone sent