“To what purpose have they sent here to _Ribadda_ a letter (saying) thus: ‘Peace to the palace from its brethren before _Simyra_.’ Me! they have fought against me _for five years_, and thus they have sent to my Lord. As for me not (to be forgotten is?) _Yapahaddu_ not to be forgotten is _Zimridi_.(227) All the fortresses they have ruined ... there was no cause of strife with the city of _Simyra_...” The next passage is much damaged. “And as said to what purpose have they sent a letter to _Ribadda_? In the sight of the King my Lord they have feigned to please me, they have pretended to please me, and now they proclaim peace. Truly thus behold it is with me. Let me learn the intention of my Lord, and will not he order _Yankhamu_ with the _Paka_, _Yankhamu_ joined beside the King my Lord, to lay waste? From before the chiefs of the _Hittite_ chief men have fled and all the chiefs are afraid thereat. May it please my Lord also shall not he be (degraded?) who was thy commander of the horse with thy servant, to move the chiefs when we two went forth to the wars of the King my Lord, to occupy my cities which I name before my Lord. Know my Lord when they went forth with the ally he has left your soldiers fighting hard, and all have been slain.” 52 B.—The ordinary salutation. The letter is much damaged. It states that the land of _Mitana_ had formerly fought against the King’s enemies; that the sons of the dog _Abdasherah_ destroy the cities and the corn, and attack the governors, and had demanded fifty talents. It appears that Yankhamu has arrived, and has known the chief whom the King had established. Apparently a written letter has been sent “to the Amorite land for them to swallow.” He continues: “Behold I am a faithful servant of the King, and there was none was like me a servant, before this man lied to the King of the Land of Egypt. But they have mastered the lands of our home.” They have slain Egyptians, he continues, and have done something (the verb is lost) to the temples of the Gods of _Gebal_; they have carried off a chief and shed his blood. He finally mentions his son _Khamu_. 25 B. M., a short letter with the usual salutation. He requests soldiers to guard the lands for the rulers, which have been torn in pieces. The King sends no messages about himself to the writer or to _Yankhamu_. The governor’s men have gathered to fight (for the _Khar_ or Phœnicians?).