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Upu, also called Apu-(and Ubi or Upi by some authors), was the region surrounding Damascus

Damascus

Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is List of oldest continuously inhabited cities and its current population is estimated at about 4,000,000....
of the 1350 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....
. Damascus was named Dimašqu/Dimasqu/-etc-(for example, "Dimaški"-(see: Niya (kingdom)

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....
), in the letter 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....
.

The region is only referenced in three letters, EA 53, 189, and 197 (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....
'). 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-(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...
) in the Beqaa

Beqaa

Beqaa can refer to two places in Lebanon:* Beqaa Governorate* Beqaa Valley...
-(named the 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 ....
) is in partial control, between allegiance to Pharaoh, and conjoining forces with the king 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...
.

An example of the intrigue is from the last third of EA 53, (entitled: "Of the villain Aitukama"):

"....

"My lord, if he-(i.e.

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Upu, also called Apu-(and Ubi or Upi by some authors), was the region surrounding Damascus
Damascus

Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is List of oldest continuously inhabited cities and its current population is estimated at about 4,000,000....
of the 1350 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....
. Damascus was named Dimašqu/Dimasqu/-etc-(for example, "Dimaški"-(see: Niya (kingdom)
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....
), in the letter 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....
.

The region is only referenced in three letters, EA 53, 189, and 197 (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....
'). 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-(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...
) in the Beqaa
Beqaa

Beqaa can refer to two places in Lebanon:* Beqaa Governorate* Beqaa Valley...
-(named the 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 ....
) is in partial control, between allegiance to Pharaoh, and conjoining forces with the king 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...
.

An example of the intrigue is from the last third of EA 53, (entitled: "Of the villain Aitukama"):

"....
"My lord, if he-(i.e. pharaoh) makes this land a matter of concern to my lord, then may my lord send 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 they may come here. (Only) messengers of my lord have arrived here.
My lord, if Arsawuya
Arsawuya

Arsawuya was a 'mayor' of Ruhizzi, located east of Qid?u-, and farther east beyond the Anti-Lebanon mountain range, during the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters Text corpus....
of Ruhizzi
Ruhizzi

Ruhizzi, was a city, or city-state located in northern Palestine or southern Syria during the time of the Amarna letters Text corpus. During the 15-20 year Amarna letters of 1350 BC-1335 BC, Arsawuya was the 'mayor' of Ruhizzi and corresponded with the Ancient Egypt pharaoh....
and Teuwatti of Lapana remain in Upu, and Tašša-(Tahash) remains in the Am[q
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 ....
], my lord should also know about them that Upu will not belong to my lord. Daily they write to Aitukama-(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....
) and say as follows: "Come, tak[e] Upu in its entirety."
My lord, just as Dimaški
Damascus

Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is List of oldest continuously inhabited cities and its current population is estimated at about 4,000,000....
-(Damascus) in Upu (falls) at your feet, so may Qatna
Qatna

Qatna, The tell occupies 1 km?, which makes it one of the largest bronze Age towns in western Syria. The tell is located at the edge of the limestone-plateau of the Syrian desert towards the fertile Homs-Bassin....
(fall) at your feet. My lord, one asks for life before my messenger. I do not fear [at al]l in the presence of the archers of my lord, since the archers belong to my lord. If he sends (them) to me, they will en[ter] Qatna." -EA 53, (only lines 52-70(End)).

The intrigue of the three Amarna letters appears to involve areas to the north and northwest of Damascus, into Lebanon and the Beqaa-(named 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, for example Tašša, appears to be "Tahash"-Tahaš, named after the biblical 'Tahash' personage; see: Patriarchs (Bible)
Patriarchs (Bible)

The Patriarchs according to the Judeo-Christian Old Testament, are Abraham, his son Isaac and his grandson Jacob. Collectively, they are referred to as the three patriarchs of Judaism, and the period in which they lived is known as the patriarchal period....
.

See also

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....
Biridašwa
Biridašwa

Birida?wa was a mayor of A?tartu, , south of Damascus, , during the time of the Amarna letters Text corpus, about 1350 BC-1335 BC. A second mayor of A?tartu, Ayyab, existed in this short 15-20 year time period....
, letter 197, Title: "Biryawaza
Biryawaza

Biryawaza was king of Damascus in the middle fourteenth century BC. In the Amarna letters, he was ordered by his Ancient Egypt overlords to take armed action against Labaya's sons ....
's plight"