called _Khabi_. The letter becomes readable on the back
of the tablet.

"... by _Elisaru_ the messenger it is confirmed that the city of _Simyra_
is _Aziru's_. And is not the King nourished by his city of _Tyre_, by his
country? Lo! if I shall be destroyed the King is destroyed. But thus his
fortress has been wasted, and there has been great fear, and all the lands
have feared; for he has not walked after (_i.e._, obeyed) the King my
Lord. O King know: desolation has remained with me--with the _Paka_ in the
city of _Tyre_. _Zimridi_ is gone to the city _Irib_.(297) He has escaped
from slavery; and there is no water or wood for us; and alas! there is
none remaining to stand up for me. The chief is helpless. And let the King
my Lord advise his servant by a letter he sends to me, whom you thus hear.
And _Zimrida_ of the city of _Sidon_ has sent to the King, and _Aziru_ is
a man sinful against the King, and the chiefs of the city _Arada_ (Arvad)
destroy me,(298) and (everything is altered?) through their ravages; and
they will gather their ships, their chariots, their foot soldiers, to
seize the city of _Tyre_ the King's handmaid. She has been very constant
to the King's hand, and the city of _Tyre_ has been crushed by them. Were
they not violent in taking the city of _Simyra_? They took from the hands
of _Zimrida_ him who bore the King's order to _Aziru_; and I sent a letter
to the King my Lord, and he returns me not an order for his servant. They
have fought (for a long time?) against me. There are no waters(299) and no
trees. Let there be ordered a letter for his servant, and let me plead,
and let me see his face, and the King ... to his servant, and to his city,
and not ... his city and his land. Why do they ... the King our Lord from
the land, and ... and he has known that I honor the King's power, who ...
no ... to my letter--a subject before the King my Sun, my Lord; and let the
King answer his servant."

LETTERS FROM ACCHO

93 B.--_Surata_, chief of _Acca_, sends the usual formula of compliment,
and continues: "What chief is there who when the King his Lord sends to
him will not hear? As this is sent out by desire of the Sun-God from
heaven, so now it is promised him."

32 B. M., a short letter from _Zitatna_, of Accho, merely says that he
bows seven times and seven times at the King's feet.

94 B., another short letter by the same, states that he listens to the
King's wishes.

95 B.--"To the King my Lord my