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

134 THE SOUTH SYRIAN WAR

This Magdalim must be a fortress, or tower,
in the Judean hills ; but the name does not
seem to have survived like the Magdala in
the north.

(263) DAGANTAKALA to the king. Asks for

rescue from the Khabiri and the Shuti.

(W.216; B.O.D. 47.)

(264) DAGANTAKALA to the king. Father

and grandfather were obedient, and D. will
listen and obey. (W. 215 ; S.B.A. xiii. 327.)

This chief seems to have been in the
south Palestine land, as the name of the god
Dagon is used by him. Beth Dagon—
now Dajun—is six miles S.E. of Joppa,
and Dagon was worshipped at Gaza and
Ashdod.

(265) NINUR to the king. Land has fallen away

to the Khabiri, who have sent to Aialuna,
and to Tsarkha .... two sons of Milkili
------ (W. 173.)

(266) [NINUR] to the king. Asks to be rescued

from the Khabiri. City of Tsapuna has
been captured. (W. 174.)

The latter letter is doubtless from Ninur, as
in both she addresses the king as his hand-
maid, and writes in the same style.

The district of this queen was evidently