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

184 IDENTIFICATION OF PLACES

plain of Antioch to the ruling kingdom of
Mitani, while Aleppo was on the line to the
later centre of rule, Babylon, lower down the
Euphrates.

Tushulti attacked Khazi, Kh. el' Azziyeh
(20 E. Tyre). This makes it almost im-
possible to be Tasuret, of Tahutmes Upper
Ruten list No. 56, as that belongs to the
region of Shechem, and is almost certainly
Teiasir, 11 N.E. of Shechem. No name
corresponds with this near el 'Azziyeh ; but
there is a bare possibility that an inversion
might have occurred in the cuneiform, or in
subsequent history, and that Tallusek, 5 S.W.
of el 'Azziyeh, might be the site.

Ubi, a district in which was Damascus,
evidently the plain of Damascus.

Udumu, Adameh, Heb. Damieh, 5 S.W.
of Tiberias, see Aduri.

Ugarit, a district in the north of Syria, on
the coast (letter 152 ; news obtained by sea,
letter 178), and far north, at the limits of
Egyptian claims (letter 171). The only
valuable piece of country on the coast north
of Gubla is the mouth of the Orontes, which
must have been of importance, and is not