36 B.—“To the King ... thus _Aziru_: seven times and seven times at ... of my God and Sun. Behold truly thou hast known this, O King my Lord; behold I am thy servant forever; from my Lord’s commands I never rebel: my Lord from of old (it has been) thus. I am kind to the men who are servants of my King; but the chiefs of the city _Simyra_ have not kept faith righteously with us; and behold neither one nor all are with us: my Lord the King did not you cause to be asked? The King my Lord has known that the chiefs are sinful; and why ask, ‘What does he contend for?’ I say nay ...” From these letters by Aziru, we must conclude either that he was a great liar or that he was induced to change sides later. The other correspondents seem to have believed that he had long deceived the King of Egypt; but, in the end, his invasion of Phœnicia—perhaps cloaked by pretences of hostility to the Hittite league—caused him, as we shall see, to be proclaimed a rebel. The quarrel with Simyra may have been due to his being pushed south, out of his dominions, but is here said to be due to a Phœnician league with his foes. It does not appear who Khatib was. Perhaps the name was Hittite,(197) and he may have been the Prince of Hamath or of Emesa. The following letter from Aziru’s father, Abdasherah, belongs to a later period of the war, when Ullaza and all the cities north of Gebal had been conquered by the Amorites. It is couched in the same insidious language; and the letters of Ribadda, which follow, show that Amenophis was not open to conviction for a long time, though warned by his true friends. The proclamation is still later, after the attack on Sidon, and may fitly conclude the Amorite correspondence. 97 B.—“To the King my Son my Lord thus _Abdasratu_(198) thy servant, the dust of thy feet. At the feet of the King my Lord seven times and seven times I bow. Behold I am the King’s servant, and a dog who is his neighbor (or his ‘friend’?); and all the land of the Amorites is his. I often said to _Pakhanati_(199) my _Paka_ (Egyptian resident), ‘Let him gather soldiers to defend the people of this King.’ Now all (cursed?) as King, the King of the Phœnician (_Kharri_) soldiers ... _Kharri_: the King shall ask if I do not guard the city of _Simyra_ (and) the city _Ullaza_. Lo my _Paka_ is in her: I proclaim the Sun-King; and I have (given orders?) to obey. The city _Simyra_ is a neighbor,(200) and all the lands are the King’s—my Sun, my Lord; I watch for him: and I know that the King my Lord is very glorious; and _Pakhanati_ my _Paka_ is established to judge therein.” COPY OF A PROCLAMATION AGAINST AZIRU, SENT TO EGYPT BY KHANNI, WHEN SENT AGAIN TO SYRIA