evidently
Egyptian, _Kau_ meaning "men" and _Masa_ "infantry."

116 B.--The same salutation. It is a short letter acknowledging the receipt
of a letter, and ends by speaking of men of blood, and that the "King
knows about his cities."

117 B.--The same salutation: "The King my Lord, the Sun from heaven, has
sent _Khanni_ to me." It is injured, but seems to refer to "an hundred
oxen and thirty women. For the King my Lord, the Sun from heaven, has
instructed."

118 B.--A similar salutation. He will defend the King's land. "(Ask?) the
great man if we have not listened to the King's _Paka_: now he has been
listened to exceeding much--the _Paka_ of the King my Lord, Son of the Sun
from heaven."

120 B., a short letter from _Subandi_, merely saying that he has received
the King's message.(285)

Northern Palestine

LETTERS FROM BEIRUT

No. 26 B. M.--"To the King my Lord my Sun my God, to the King my Lord by
letter thus _Ammunira_, chief of the city of _Burutu_, thy servant, the
dust of thy feet: at the feet of the King my Lord my Sun my God--the King
my Lord--seven and seven times I bow. I hear the messages of ... of the
King my Lord my Sun my God--the ruler of my life, and they have drawn the
heart of thy servant, and the dust of the feet of the King my Lord my Sun
and my God--the King my Lord--exceeding much. Sufficient is the order of the
King my Lord my Sun my God, for his servant and the dust of his feet.
Behold the King my Lord my Sun has sent to his servant, and the dust of
his feet, 'Speed to the presence of the Egyptian soldiers (_bitati_) of
the King thy Lord.' I listen exceeding much, and now I have sped, with my
horses, and with my chariots, and with all who march with the servant of
the King my Lord, to meet the Egyptian soldiers of the King my Lord. And
art not thou confident of the event? The breast of the enemies of the King
my Lord my Sun my God shall be troubled. And shall not the eyes of thy
servant behold this, through the mastery of the King my Lord; and the King
my Lord my Sun my God, the King my Lord, shall see. Thou increasest the
favors of thy servant. Now as to the servant of the King my Lord, and the
footstool of his feet, now let him fortify the city of the King my Lord my
Sun--the ruler of my life, and her gardens (that is to say the
mulberries),(286) till the eyes behold the Egyptian soldiers of the King
my Lord, and ... the servant of the King I proclaim" (or predict).

27 B. M