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Ili-Rapih was the follow-on mayor in Gubla
Byblos

Byblos is the Greek language name of the Phoenician city Gebal . It is a Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of present-day Lebanon under the current Arabic language name of Jbeil and was also referred to as Gibelet during the Crusades....
-(modern Byblos
Byblos

Byblos is the Greek language name of the Phoenician city Gebal . It is a Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of present-day Lebanon under the current Arabic language name of Jbeil and was also referred to as Gibelet during the Crusades....
), and the brother of Rib-Hadda
Rib-Hadda

Rib-Hadda was king of Byblos during the mid fourteenth century BCE. He is the author of some sixty of the Amarna letters all to Akhenaten. His name is Akkadian language in form and may invoke the West Semitic god Hadad, though his letters invoke only Ba'alat Gubla, the "Lady of Byblos" ....
, the former mayor of Gubla, (who was the prolific author of letters to pharaoh
Pharaoh

Pharaoh is a title used in many modern discussions of the ancient Egyptian rulers of all periods. In antiquity this title began to be used for the ruler who was the religious and political leader of united ancient Egypt, only during the New Kingdom, specifically, during the middle of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt....
); Ili-Rapih is 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....
 correspondence
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....
, and wrote 2 follow-on letters to the Pharaoh after the death of Rib-Haddi.

Of note, Ili-Rapih's name is referenced in only one letter in the entire Amarna letters 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....
, besides his own 2 authored letters of EA 139, and 140, (EA is 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....
'), that being letter EA 128, (Rib-Haddi letter no.






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Ili-Rapih was the follow-on mayor in Gubla
Byblos

Byblos is the Greek language name of the Phoenician city Gebal . It is a Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of present-day Lebanon under the current Arabic language name of Jbeil and was also referred to as Gibelet during the Crusades....
-(modern Byblos
Byblos

Byblos is the Greek language name of the Phoenician city Gebal . It is a Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of present-day Lebanon under the current Arabic language name of Jbeil and was also referred to as Gibelet during the Crusades....
), and the brother of Rib-Hadda
Rib-Hadda

Rib-Hadda was king of Byblos during the mid fourteenth century BCE. He is the author of some sixty of the Amarna letters all to Akhenaten. His name is Akkadian language in form and may invoke the West Semitic god Hadad, though his letters invoke only Ba'alat Gubla, the "Lady of Byblos" ....
, the former mayor of Gubla, (who was the prolific author of letters to pharaoh
Pharaoh

Pharaoh is a title used in many modern discussions of the ancient Egyptian rulers of all periods. In antiquity this title began to be used for the ruler who was the religious and political leader of united ancient Egypt, only during the New Kingdom, specifically, during the middle of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt....
); Ili-Rapih is 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....
 correspondence
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....
, and wrote 2 follow-on letters to the Pharaoh after the death of Rib-Haddi.

Of note, Ili-Rapih's name is referenced in only one letter in the entire Amarna letters 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....
, besides his own 2 authored letters of EA 139, and 140, (EA is 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....
'), that being letter EA 128, (Rib-Haddi letter no. 57 of 68).

The letters of Ili-Rapih


EA 139, title: "A new voice, an old story"

"To the king, [my] lo[rd, my Sun]: Message of Ili-ra[pih, your servant]; message of Gu(b)la
Byblos

Byblos is the Greek language name of the Phoenician city Gebal . It is a Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of present-day Lebanon under the current Arabic language name of Jbeil and was also referred to as Gibelet during the Crusades....
, [your maidservant. I fall at] the feet
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....
 of the lord, the Sun, 7 times and [7 times]. Do not neglec[t Gu-la, your city and the city of [your] ancesto[rs] from most ancient times. Moreover, behold Gu-la! Just as Hikuptah
Ptah

In Egyptian mythology, Ptah was the deification of the primordial mound in the Ennead cosmogony, which was more literally referred to as Ta-tenen , meaning risen land, or as Tanen, meaning submerged land....
, so is Gu-la to the king, my lord. Do not neglect the delicts of a serva[nt], for he acted as he pleased in the lands of the king-(i.e. the "king's" brother: Rib-Hadda
Rib-Hadda

Rib-Hadda was king of Byblos during the mid fourteenth century BCE. He is the author of some sixty of the Amarna letters all to Akhenaten. His name is Akkadian language in form and may invoke the West Semitic god Hadad, though his letters invoke only Ba'alat Gubla, the "Lady of Byblos" ....
). Here is the crime that Aziru
Aziru

Aziru was the Canaanite ruler of Amurru, modern Lebanon, in the 14th century BC. He was the son of Abdi-Ashirta, the previous Egyptian vassal of Amurru and a direct contemporary of Akhenaten....
 ... against the king: [he kill]ed the king of Ammiya, and [the king of E]ldata-(Ardata), and the king of Ir(qata)
Arqa

Arqa is a village near Miniara in the Akkar district of northern Lebanon, 22 km northeast of Tripoli, Lebanon, near the coast. It is significant for the Tell Arqa, an archaeological site that goes back to Neolithic times, and during the Crusades there was a strategically significant castle....
-(="King Aduna"), [and a co
Commissioner

Commissioner is in principal the title given to the holder of a commission, in the sense of a mandate, whether individually or shared, notably as member of a collegial commission....
]mmissioner
Commissioner

Commissioner is in principal the title given to the holder of a commission, in the sense of a mandate, whether individually or shared, notably as member of a collegial commission....
 of the king, my lord. He also broke into Sumur
Zemar

Zemar was a Phoenician city in what is now Lebanon. Zemar was a major trade center.Zemar appears in the Amarna letters; Ahribta is named as its ruler....
.
[And indeed] he is now intent on [committing] a cri(me) against the king. Moreover, ... ...May the king (my) lord, know [I] am his loyal servant. And so let him send a garrison
Garrison

Garrison is the collective term for a body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it, of more than 50 men, but now often simply using it as a home base....
 to his city—30 to 50 men— as far as Gubla. The king is to take (n)o account of whatever Aziru sends him. Where were the things that he sends coveted? It is property
Possession

In law, possession is the control a person intentionally exercises toward a thing. In all cases, to possess something, a person must have an intention to possess it....
 belonging to a royal whom he has killed that he sends to you. Look, Aziru is a reb(el) against the king, my lord." -EA 139, lines 1- 40 (complete, but major lacuna
Lacuna (manuscripts)

A lacuna is a gap in a manuscript, inscription, text, painting, or a musical work.The state of old manuscripts or inscriptions which have weathered or been damaged sometimes gives rise to lacunae ? passages consisting of a word or words that are missing or illegible....
: lines 20-28)


Note that Gubla's name is abbreviated in this letter, (Gu-la), except for one usage.

EA 140, title: "Again, the crimes of Aziru
Aziru

Aziru was the Canaanite ruler of Amurru, modern Lebanon, in the 14th century BC. He was the son of Abdi-Ashirta, the previous Egyptian vassal of Amurru and a direct contemporary of Akhenaten....
"; letter Part 1 of 2-(lost)

"[To] the king, the lord, my Sun: Message of Gubla
Byblos

Byblos is the Greek language name of the Phoenician city Gebal . It is a Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of present-day Lebanon under the current Arabic language name of Jbeil and was also referred to as Gibelet during the Crusades....
), your maidservant; message of Ili-rapih, your servant. I fall at the feet
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....
 of my lord, the Sun, 7 times and 7 times. The king, my lord, shall not neglect Gubla, his maidservant, a city of the king from most ancient times. Moreover why did the king communicate through Aziru
Aziru

Aziru was the Canaanite ruler of Amurru, modern Lebanon, in the 14th century BC. He was the son of Abdi-Ashirta, the previous Egyptian vassal of Amurru and a direct contemporary of Akhenaten....
? He does as he pleases. Aziru killed Aduna, and a magnate. He took their cities. To him belongs Sumur
Zemar

Zemar was a Phoenician city in what is now Lebanon. Zemar was a major trade center.Zemar appears in the Amarna letters; Ahribta is named as its ruler....
-(Zemar
Zemar

Zemar was a Phoenician city in what is now Lebanon. Zemar was a major trade center.Zemar appears in the Amarna letters; Ahribta is named as its ruler....
); to him belong the cities of the king. Gubla alone is a ... of the king. Moreover, he broke into Sumur and Ullassa. Moreover, Aziru even [com]mitted a crime [wh]en he was brought [in]to you-(i.e. over-to you, (in Egypt)). The crime [was against] us. He sent [his] men [t]o Itakkama
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....
 [and] he smote all the land of 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 ....
 and (their) territories. Moreover, is not the king of Hatta
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...
 active, and the king of Narima-(Mittani) and..? (lacuna--
Lacuna (manuscripts)

A lacuna is a gap in a manuscript, inscription, text, painting, or a musical work.The state of old manuscripts or inscriptions which have weathered or been damaged sometimes gives rise to lacunae ? passages consisting of a word or words that are missing or illegible....
 continuation to 2nd letter, (Letter 2 lost)" -EA 140, lines 1-33 (complete)—(Letter: Part 1 of 2 parts)


EA 128, title: No title, since badly damaged

Letter EA 128, no. 57 of 68, by Rib-Hadda-(?) of Gubla/Byblos. A postscript
PostScript

PostScript is a dynamically typed concatenative programming language programming language created by John Warnock and Charles Geschke in 1982. PostScript is best known for its use as a page description language in the electronic and desktop publishing areas....
 ending on letter no. 128 exists:
"...
"...Message of Ili-rapih: I fall 7 times and 7 times
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....
 beneath the feet of the king, my lord. And may the king, my lord, hear about the deed of (that) criminal-(Aziru
Aziru

Aziru was the Canaanite ruler of Amurru, modern Lebanon, in the 14th century BC. He was the son of Abdi-Ashirta, the previous Egyptian vassal of Amurru and a direct contemporary of Akhenaten....
(?)) ..." -EA 128, ending, (these are postscript lines on the damaged letter)


See also

  • Rib-Hadda
    Rib-Hadda

    Rib-Hadda was king of Byblos during the mid fourteenth century BCE. He is the author of some sixty of the Amarna letters all to Akhenaten. His name is Akkadian language in form and may invoke the West Semitic god Hadad, though his letters invoke only Ba'alat Gubla, the "Lady of Byblos" ....
  • Gubla/Byblos
    Byblos

    Byblos is the Greek language name of the Phoenician city Gebal . It is a Mediterranean city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of present-day Lebanon under the current Arabic language name of Jbeil and was also referred to as Gibelet during the Crusades....
  • 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....
  • Amarna letters–localities and their rulers
    Amarna letters–localities and their rulers

    This is a list of the "Amarna letters" –Text corpus, categorized by: Amarna letters-localities and their rulers. It includes countries, regions, and the cities/or 'city-states' ....