_ (and) make him flee ... all will rebel ... My Lord, know him.
My Lord (know) the men who are his foes ... And lo! now the King of the
land of the _Hittites_ ... with pride rebels against his gods. And men who
are destroyers serve the King of the land of the _Hittites_: he sends them
forth. My Lord, my servants, the men of the city of _Katna_, _Aziru_
expels, and all that is theirs, out of the land of the dominion of my
Lord; and behold (he takes?) the northern lands of the dominion of my
Lord. Let (my Lord) save the ... of the men of the city _Katna_. My Lord
truly they made ... he steals their gold my Lord; as has been said there
is fear, and truly they give gold. My Lord--Sun God, my fathers'
god(133)--the men have made themselves your foes, and they have wasted from
over against the abode of their camp (or fortress); and now behold--O Sun
God of my fathers--the King of the _Hittites_ makes them march. And know of
them, my Lord--may the gods make slack their hand. As has been said there
is fear. And lo! perchance the Sun God of my fathers will turn his heart
toward me. My Lord's word is sure, and let the (increase or tithe of
gold?) be given him, as we have purposed for the Sun God of my fathers. As
has been said they have done to me; and they have destroyed the ... of my
Lord. For this corner--the dwelling of their fortress (or camp)--is out of
sight of the Sun God."
37 B. M.--"To King _Annumuria_, Son of the Sun, my Lord, thus (says)
_Akizzi_ thy servant: seven times ... at the feet of my Lord I bow. My
Lord, now there is flight and no breathing of the ... of the King my Lord.
And behold now the ... of this dominion of my Lord, in these lands ... and
behold now ... the King of the land of the _Hittites_ ... sends forth ...
and the heart of ... smites him. And now behold the King my Lord sends to
me, and is complaining ... with me as to the rule of the King of the land
of the _Hittites_. And as for me ... the King of the land of the
_Hittites_. As for me I am with the King my Lord, and with the land of
Egypt. I sent and ... as to the rule of the King of the land of the
_Hittites_."
This text is much damaged; it goes on to speak of _Aidugama_,(134)the
Hittite King, in the country of the King of Egypt, who has taken various
things--enumerated, but not intelligible--including, perhaps, ships or
boats, and dwellings; and it mentions _Neboyapiza_. It then continues:
"My Lord: _Teuiatti_ of the city of _Lapana_,(135)
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