. Let
the King my Lord give his countenance ... and (he) shall ... waters for
the drawing ... and woods for his servant.... Know O King my Lord behold
they are plucking the fruit that we left. There are no waters and no woods
for us. Now _Elisaru_ the messenger to the presence of the King my Lord
has hasted, and I have made bold to present five precious things of
copper, this agate, one throne of gold. The King my Lord sends to me
(saying) 'Send to me all you hear from the land of Canaan' (_Cina'ana_).
The King of _Danuna_(293) has been destroyed, and his brother is ruling
after him, and his land has broken out, and they have seized the King of
the town of _Hugarit_,(294) and mighty is the slaughter that follows him.
He is strong, and none are saved from him, nor any from the chiefs of the
army of the land of the _Hittites_. The proud _Edagama_(295) of the city
_Ciidzi_ (Kadesh on Orontes, the capital of the Southern Hittites, now
_Kades_) and _Aziru_ have fought--they have fought with _Neboyapiza_; they
have come to the regions of _Zimridi_. Lo! he gathers ships of soldiers
against me from the fortresses of _Aziru_. And lo! they have grievously
opposed my Lord's subjects, and all will break out. Let the King give
countenance to his servant, and let him leap forth to go out a conqueror"
(or "to the region").

28 B. M.--"To the King my Lord my Sun my God thus (says) _Abimelec_ thy
servant; seven and seven (times) at the feet of the King my Lord I bow. I
am the dust beneath the feet. Consider me O King my Lord. The King my Lord
(is) like the Sun; like the air god (or Adonis) in heaven art thou. Let
the King advise his servant: the King my Lord confides in me. I watch the
city of _Tyre_ the handmaid of the King. And I send a hasty letter to the
King my Lord, and no order does he return to me. I am the _Paka_(296)
(chief) of the King my Lord, and I have diligently followed what was
ordered. But as to our silence to the King my Lord let the King be
assured. As a subject I guard his city. And let me plead (or strive)
before the King my Lord, and let him see his face. Who shall preserve one
born a subject? Lo there has gone forth no command from the hands of the
King his Lord; and he may not know when the King sends to his servant. He
may never know. As for me ..."

The letter is here too broken to read consecutively. It refers to the
"west," and apparently to "burning," to _Aziru_, and to someone, perhaps a
king's messenger,