) and the rulers fear the end? So now they
must send from the presence of the King my Lord.' Behold I say that the
land of the King my Lord is ruined. So now they must send to the King my
Lord, and let the King my Lord know this; behold the King my Lord has
placed a garrison to stop the way ... (_Bel'amu_ or _Yankhamu_?) ... of
kings ... chiefs of the garrison ... the king as master to his land ... as
to his land she has rebelled, the (lands) of the King my Lord--the whole of
it. _Ilimelec_(327) cuts off all the King's land. And let one warn the
King as to his land. I myself speak pleading with the King my Lord and
(for once?) let the King my Lord behold the entreaties. And the wars are
mighty against me, and (I am not receiving any pledge?) from the King my
Lord. And let an order return from the King (my Lord). Whether will he not
order chiefs for garrison? And let him be kind, and let the King my Lord
regard the entreaties. This tribe behold O King my Lord has risen up. Lo
the _Paka_ they have expelled. I say the lands of the King my Lord are
ruined. Dost not thou hear this same of me? They have destroyed all the
rulers. There is no ruler now O King my Lord. Let the King give his
countenance to the chiefs; and whether shall the chiefs of the Egyptian
soldiers (_pitati_) remain at rest? They have lingered O King my Lord. The
lands are failing to the King my Lord. The _Hebrew_ chiefs plunder all the
King's lands. Since the chiefs of the Egyptian soldiers (_pitati_) have
gone away quitting the lands this year O King my Lord, and since there is
no chief of the Egyptian soldiers (_pitati_) there is ruin to the lands of
the King my Lord. They have ... O King my Lord, and _Adonizedek_ (is) dust
... messages (are asked?) of the King my Lord, there is destruction by the
foe of the lands of the King my Lord."

This letter, like others, clearly indicates a withdrawal of the Egyptian
troops shortly before the appearance of the Hebrews.

106 B.--The salutation is broken, but is the same as before--from
_Adonizedek_. The text continues: "... which have done for me _Milcilu_,
and _Suardata_(328) for the land of the King my Lord. They have hired
soldiers of the city of _Gezer_, soldiers of the city _Givti_(329) and
soldiers of the city _Kielti_.(330) They have gone out to (or seized) the
city of _Rubute_.(331) The King's land rebels to the chiefs of the
_Hebrews_, and now against this capital city _U-ru-sa-lim_ (Jerusalem) the
city c