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

THE NORTH SYRIAN WAR 115

(222) * [RIBADDI] to the king. Hostility strong,

no provisions, and people will desert to
Abdashirta's sons, and Ziduna and Biruta
are hostile. Let the king occupy them
that x may not have to yield his city.
When the people withdraw the Khabiri will
occupy it . . . Yankhami . . . (W. 92.)

(223) [RIBADDI] to the king. Names Tsumura.
y has taken Gubla . . . "(for) IOOO of silver
and 100 of gold he will depart from me,
and he has taken all my cities, Gubla alone
is left to me, and they are seeking to
capture it, for I hear that he has united all
the Khabiri". ... (W. 102.)

(224) RIBADDI to the king. Gubla alone is

left . . . Behold Biruna . . . Behold my
cities are lost . . . Mitani . . . Khabiri . . .
Abdashirta. (W. 93.)

(225) RIBADDI to AMANABBI. Why has A.

told R. to send messenger to receive men
and chariots from Egypt ? R. did so, but
messenger returned alone. And Biruna
has fallen to y and the Khabiri, although
troops were there. And the enemy do not
depart from the gate of Gubla . . .

(W. 67.)

These four letters end the history of
northern Syria. Ribaddi flying from one
city to another to animate the Egyptian
resistance was at last reduced to Gubla