dents or
generals. It seems to be Egyptian, and simply means "Pa-ka" ("chief
man").

145 Ammusi might be the ancient name of Emesa, now Homs, immediately
north of Kadesh.

146 "Elohim" is in the plural, as several scholars have remarked. It
often applies to the King of Egypt.

147 "Khazi" is evidently Ghazzeh, near the south end of the Baalbek
plain, south of the Damascus road.

148 This is doubtful, as the text is broken, and only gives "Belgi ..."
Baal Gad was, as I have attempted recently to show, probably near
'Ain Ju-deideh, on the north of Hermon, and close to the great pass.

149 "Maguzi," or Mukhzi, is probably Mekseh, on the Damascus road, west
of Stora.

150 May be read "Yanuamma." It seems to be M'araba, north of Damascus,
which agrees with the context. The great pass mentioned here in
connection with Damascus was apparently that by which the main road
from the west came down the Barada at Abila. This is the "entering
in" to Damascus, which (Gen. xiv. 15) was in the land of Hobah. This
agrees with the position of Neboyapiza's town Kamid, west of Baal
Gad, and to the west of the pass. The scribe here wrote "east of
me," and corrected to "behind me."

151 Probably not Ashtoreth Carnaim, which is mentioned in another
letter, but rather Stora, in the Baalbek plain, northwest of Baal
Gad. Arzaya's town seems to have been Mekseh, west of Stora (125 B.
M.).

152 "Buzruna" is probably Batruna, on the mountain west of the west end
of the pass, and immediately east of Baal Gad (perhaps mentioned
again in the fragment 205 B.).

153 "Khalavunni," or Halabunni, is the Helbon of the Bible (Ezek. xxvii.
18), now Helbon, north of Damascus, and five miles north of the
middle of the pass. It must have been an important city because of
the term "King." It was noted for wine, not only in Ezekiel's time,
but, as Strabo mentions, the kings of Persia brought wine from
Chalybon.

154 "Gizza" is perhaps the important town Jezzin, in the Lebanon,
southwest of Kamid, unless it be Jizeh, in Bashan, between Edrei and
Bozrah.

155 "Saddu" is perhaps Nebi Shit, south of Baalbek, or possibly, though
less probably, Sh'ait, south of Kamid, on the southwest slope of
Hermon.

156 "Cumidi," or Kamid, was important as a central station