ured out and burned a city. It speaks of
a _Paka_ and of Egyptian soldiers, and of the city _Beruti_ (_Beirut_) and
of _Abdasherah's_ forces.

16 B. M.--"To the King my Lord thus says _Ribadda_ thy servant, the dust of
thy feet. I bow seven times and seven times at the feet of my Lord. And
will not my Lord hear the message of thy servant? Men of the city of
_Gebal_, and my family; and a wife whom I loved, they have taken away
after the son of _Abdasherah_; and we have made a gathering; we have
searched; and I cannot hear a word spoken about them. I am sending to the
King my Lord, and once more, despatch thou men of garrison, men of war,
for thy servant; and will you not defend the city of the King my Lord? But
news has not arrived from the King my Lord for his servant. But he will be
generous; he will remember me; and the advice (I speak) comes from my
heart. The region near (us) _Ammunira_(266) has traversed throughout, and
I went to him, for he gave assistance. And I myself searched for my
family, but it has been made to vanish from my sight; and the King my Lord
shall counsel his servant. Lo! the ally is zealous; and he has decreed a
gathering of the Egyptian soldiers (_bitati_) of the King my Lord; and the
King my Lord will counsel his servant. If there is no wish to be kind on
the part of the King my Lord, I myself am helpless; and the King has no
servants. Moreover, my son and my wife have been subjected to a man who
sins against the King."(267)

15 B. M.--"To _Amanabba_ my father, thus _Ribadda_ thy son. I bow at my
father's feet. Baalath of the city _Gebal_ strengthens your favor in the
sight of the King your Lord. Why has it been asked, and no complaint (is
made) to the King? and you hesitate about the Egyptian soldiers
(_bitati_), and you are brought low before the land of the _Amorites_. If
you had heard of us (that) the Egyptian soldiers (are) strong, and that
they have deserted their towns, and gone away, you know not the land of
the _Amorites_. Behold they have taken these places from us, and I am ill
at ease. Behold now do not they support _Abdasherah_? behold they have
deceived us about them, and you promise us, day and night to send the
Egyptian soldiers, and we are made sad about it, and all the chiefs of the
Government. Thou shalt promise us to do this thing to _Abdasherah_: lo! he
sends to the chiefs of the city of _Ammiya_ (_Amyun_) to slay him who was
established as Lord, and they submitted to the