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The Amqu (also Amka, Amki, Amq) is a region (now in eastern Lebanon
Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
), equivalent to the "Beqaa Valley
Beqaa Valley

Beqaa is a fertile valley in east Lebanon. The Roman Empire considered the Beqaa Valley to be a major agricultural source, and today it remains Lebanon?s most important farming region....
 region", named in the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters
Amarna letters

The Amarna letters are an archive of correspondence on clay tablets, mostly diplomatic, between the Ancient Egypt administration and its representatives in Canaan and Amurru during the New Kingdom....
 corpus
Text corpus

In linguistics, a corpus or text corpus is a large and structured set of texts . They are used to do statistical analysis and hypothesis testing, checking occurrences or validating linguistic rules on a specific universe....
.

In the Amarna letters, two other associated regions appear to be east(?) and north, and are often mentioned in association with Amqu, namely Nuhašše
Nuhašše

Nuha??e, also Nuha??a, was a territory in the Syria region mentioned in various Middle East documents as between Mari on the Euphrates and Hammath....
, and Niya
Niya (kingdom)

Niya, Niye, and also Niy of Thutmose I's Ancient Egypt, also Nii of the Amarna letters, and Nihe, etc. was a kingdom in Syria, or northern Syria....
-Niye (or Nii). A third hypothetical region, either adjacent or within the region of Amqu, is Subaru
Subaru (region)

Subaru is the region Subaru of the 1350 BC-1335 BC Amarna letters Text corpus.Subaru was located in the western or central Levant- and appears associated with the region called Amqu, the modern day Beqaa Valley area....
, as according to the letter corpus possessions or people were sold: "at the land of Subaru".

The affairs in the region are often associated with Hatti
Hatti

Hatti in Bronze Age Anatolia refers to:*the area of Hattusa, roughly delimited by the Halys bend*the Hattians of the 3rd millennium BC and 2nd millennium BC millennia BC...
, or the King of Hatti-(to the north), or with Etakkama
Etakkama

Etakkama, as a common name, but also, Aitukama, Atakama, Etakama, and Itakama is the name for the 'mayor' of Qid?u, of the 1350 BC-1335 BC Amarna letters Text corpus....
 of Qidšu/Qinsa-(also Kissa)-(i.e.






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The Amqu (also Amka, Amki, Amq) is a region (now in eastern Lebanon
Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
), equivalent to the "Beqaa Valley
Beqaa Valley

Beqaa is a fertile valley in east Lebanon. The Roman Empire considered the Beqaa Valley to be a major agricultural source, and today it remains Lebanon?s most important farming region....
 region", named in the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters
Amarna letters

The Amarna letters are an archive of correspondence on clay tablets, mostly diplomatic, between the Ancient Egypt administration and its representatives in Canaan and Amurru during the New Kingdom....
 corpus
Text corpus

In linguistics, a corpus or text corpus is a large and structured set of texts . They are used to do statistical analysis and hypothesis testing, checking occurrences or validating linguistic rules on a specific universe....
.

In the Amarna letters, two other associated regions appear to be east(?) and north, and are often mentioned in association with Amqu, namely Nuhašše
Nuhašše

Nuha??e, also Nuha??a, was a territory in the Syria region mentioned in various Middle East documents as between Mari on the Euphrates and Hammath....
, and Niya
Niya (kingdom)

Niya, Niye, and also Niy of Thutmose I's Ancient Egypt, also Nii of the Amarna letters, and Nihe, etc. was a kingdom in Syria, or northern Syria....
-Niye (or Nii). A third hypothetical region, either adjacent or within the region of Amqu, is Subaru
Subaru (region)

Subaru is the region Subaru of the 1350 BC-1335 BC Amarna letters Text corpus.Subaru was located in the western or central Levant- and appears associated with the region called Amqu, the modern day Beqaa Valley area....
, as according to the letter corpus possessions or people were sold: "at the land of Subaru".

The affairs in the region are often associated with Hatti
Hatti

Hatti in Bronze Age Anatolia refers to:*the area of Hattusa, roughly delimited by the Halys bend*the Hattians of the 3rd millennium BC and 2nd millennium BC millennia BC...
, or the King of Hatti-(to the north), or with Etakkama
Etakkama

Etakkama, as a common name, but also, Aitukama, Atakama, Etakama, and Itakama is the name for the 'mayor' of Qid?u, of the 1350 BC-1335 BC Amarna letters Text corpus....
 of Qidšu/Qinsa-(also Kissa)-(i.e. Kadesh
Kadesh

This article is about Kadesh in the lands of the Amurru, bordering on Damascus Syria up to Hammath; see also Kadesh orKedesh Kadesh was an Cities of the Ancient Near East of the Levant, located on or near the headwaters or ford of the Orontes River It is surmised by Kenneth Kitchen to be the ruins at Tell Nebi Mend, about south...
).

Abdi-Riša letter-(his only letter)


EA 363, title: "A joint report on Amqu
Amqu

The Amqu is a region , equivalent to the "Beqaa Valley region", named in the 1350 BC-1335 BC Amarna letters Text corpus.In the Amarna letters, two other associated regions appear to be east and north , and are often mentioned in association with Amqu, namely Nuha??e, and Niya -Niye ....
 (4)"

El Amarna letter 363, (EA for 'el Amarna
Amarna

The site of Amarna is located on the east bank of the Nile River in the modern Egyptian province of Minya Governorate, some 58 km south of the city of al-Minya, 312 km south of the Egyptian capital Cairo and 402 km north of Luxor....
'), "Report no 4" of 4.
"Say to the king-(i.e. Pharaoh), my lord, my god, my Sun: Message of 'Abdi-Riša
Abdi-Riša

Abdi-Ri?a was a ruler-'mayor' of Eni?asi, during the period of the Amarna letters Text corpus . Another mayor of Eni?asi, ?atiya is found in the Amarna letters Text corpus....
, your servant, the ruler of E(ni)šasi
Enišasi

Eni?asi, was a city, or city-state located in the Beqaa Valley- of Lebanon, during the 1350 BC-1335 BC Amarna letters Text corpus. Of the 382–Amarna letters, Eni?asi is only referenced in two letters....
. I fall in the dirt
Prostration formula

In the 1350 BC Text corpus of 382–letters, called the Amarna letters, the Prostration formula is usually the opening subservient remarks to the addressee, the Ancient Egypt pharaoh....
 under the feet of the king, my lord, 7 times and 7 times. Look, we ar(e) in Amqu
Amqu

The Amqu is a region , equivalent to the "Beqaa Valley region", named in the 1350 BC-1335 BC Amarna letters Text corpus.In the Amarna letters, two other associated regions appear to be east and north , and are often mentioned in association with Amqu, namely Nuha??e, and Niya -Niye ....
, in cities of the king, my lord, and Etakkama
Etakkama

Etakkama, as a common name, but also, Aitukama, Atakama, Etakama, and Itakama is the name for the 'mayor' of Qid?u, of the 1350 BC-1335 BC Amarna letters Text corpus....
, the ruler of Qinsa
Kadesh

This article is about Kadesh in the lands of the Amurru, bordering on Damascus Syria up to Hammath; see also Kadesh orKedesh Kadesh was an Cities of the Ancient Near East of the Levant, located on or near the headwaters or ford of the Orontes River It is surmised by Kenneth Kitchen to be the ruins at Tell Nebi Mend, about south...
-(Kadesh
Kadesh

This article is about Kadesh in the lands of the Amurru, bordering on Damascus Syria up to Hammath; see also Kadesh orKedesh Kadesh was an Cities of the Ancient Near East of the Levant, located on or near the headwaters or ford of the Orontes River It is surmised by Kenneth Kitchen to be the ruins at Tell Nebi Mend, about south...
), assisted the troops of Hatti
Hatti

Hatti in Bronze Age Anatolia refers to*the area of Hattusa, roughly delimited by the Halys bend*the Hattians of the 3rd millennium BC and 2nd millennium BC millennia BC...
 and set the cities of the king, my lord, on fire. May the king, my lord, take cognizance, and may the king, my lord, give archers
Archers (Egyptian pítati)

The Archers , or P?tati, or P?tati–army–forces-, were the pharaoh's Archer-Army often requested and dispatched, to support the Ancient Egypt vassalage in Canaan, or northern Canaan....
 that we may (re)gain the cities of the king, my lord, and dwell in the cities of the king, my lord, my god, my Sun." -EA 363, lines 1-23 (complete)


See also

  • Abdi-Riša
    Abdi-Riša

    Abdi-Ri?a was a ruler-'mayor' of Eni?asi, during the period of the Amarna letters Text corpus . Another mayor of Eni?asi, ?atiya is found in the Amarna letters Text corpus....
  • Amarna letters
    Amarna letters

    The Amarna letters are an archive of correspondence on clay tablets, mostly diplomatic, between the Ancient Egypt administration and its representatives in Canaan and Amurru during the New Kingdom....


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