46 B.—The salutation, as in the preceding letter, is peculiar to Ribadda. “Lo! the King is sending to me _Irimaia_(223): maybe, he will arrive to gladden us from before thee: he has not come before me. The King sends to me the most distinguished of thy great men, the chiefest of the city of the King that thou hast, who shall defend me ... mighty before my foes ... Now they will make a government: the city they rule shall be smitten like as (is smitten?) a dog, and none that breathes shall be left behind him, for what they have done to us. I am laid waste (by foes?) by men of blood: thus on account of this slave there was no help from the King for me. (But?) my free men of the lands have fought for me. If the heart of the King is toward the guarding of his city, and of his servant, thou wilt order men to guard, and thou shalt defend the city, thou shalt guard my ... made prosperous ...” 18 B. M.—The salutation as in the first letter (47 B.). “Again behold thy faithful city of _Gebal_. _Abdasherah_ was coming out against me aforetime and I sent to thy father who ordered soldiers of the King (_bitati_) to speed, and I went up over all his land. No allies marched to _Abdasherah_. But behold this: _Aziru_ has chosen all the men of blood and has said to them: ‘If the city of _Gebal_ is not ... he has come ..., then _Yankhamu_ is with thee, and ... if I am not obedient to his wishes. Thou art deceived ... _Abdasherah_ has marched without stopping to ... but he has watched the city of the King his Lord obediently. So now as to _Paia_ ... and is it not heard from the messages of _Kha_ ... their father, as he desires ... This _Khaib_ gave to the city _Simyra_. Lo! I lament that the King is not able to do this (for) the _Paka_ (general) when behold it has been asked. And _Bikhura_ has not marched from the city _Cumidi_ (Kamid). I have been friends with all the men of thy Government ... Lo whereas I was upright to the King ... and he makes no sign (to me?) Despatch soldiers: thou shalt march with every ... Five thousand men and 3,000 ... fifty chariots, 1,000 ... the _bitati_ soldiers, and cause (them) to take captive ... the land.’ ”