Arsawuya was a 'mayor' of
Ruhizzi
Ruhizzi, was a city, or city-state located in northern Canaan or southern Amurru kingdom, Amurru territories, in the foothills of Mount Hermon during the time of the Amarna letters Text corpus, correspondence. During the 15-20 year Amarna letters o ...
, located east of ''Qidšu''-(
Kadesh
Qadesh, Qedesh, Qetesh, Kadesh, Kedesh, Kadeš and Qades come from the common Semitic root "Q-D-Š", which means "sacred."
Kadesh and variations may refer to:
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), and farther east beyond the
Anti-Lebanon
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mountain range, during the 1350–1335 BC
Amarna letters
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correspondence. He is referenced in five letters, two letters of which he wrote to the
Egyptian
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pharaoh
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, letters EA 191, and 192, (
EA for 'el
Amarna
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').
Arsawuya's second letter
The complete topic of Arsawuya's second letter is missing because of a multi-sentence
lacuna
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.
EA 191, ''"Preparations for war"''
:To the king, my lord: Message of ''Arsawuya'', the ruler of
Ruhizza. I
fall at the feet of the king, my lord. The king, my lord, wrote to me to make preparations before the arrival of the
archers
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of the king, my lord, and before the arrival of his many
commissioner
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s.
:And could I think of not serving the king, my lord?
:May I join up with the archers of the king and his commissioners so that, having everything prepared, I might follow them wherever they are at war against the king, my lord, and we capture them (and) give his enemies into the hand of the king, our lord. —EA 191, lines 1-21 (complete)
EA 192, ''"Message received"''
:
a the king, my lord, both
Sun
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and my god: Message of ''
sawuya'', the loyal servant
the king, my lord,
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:[I have] heard the words [of the king], my lord and my god, [and here]with [...] ...[the king], (my) lord. And the king, [m]y lord, must [not] neglect his country. —EA 192, lines 1-17 (complete, with lines 12-15 a
lacuna
Lacuna (plural lacunas or lacunae) may refer to:
Related to the meaning "gap"
* Lacuna (manuscripts), a gap in a manuscript, inscription, text, painting, or musical work
**Great Lacuna, a lacuna of eight leaves where there was heroic Old Norse po ...
)
See also
*
Etakkama
Etakkama, as a common name, but also, Aitukama, Atak(k)ama, Etak(k)ama, and Itak(k)ama is the name for the 'mayor' (king) of Qidšu, (Kadesh) of the 1350–1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. (Qidšu is also referenced as: Qinšu, also Kissa). ...
of Kadesh-(''Qidšu'')
*
Ruhizzi
Ruhizzi, was a city, or city-state located in northern Canaan or southern Amurru kingdom, Amurru territories, in the foothills of Mount Hermon during the time of the Amarna letters Text corpus, correspondence. During the 15-20 year Amarna letters o ...
References
*
Moran, William L. ''The Amarna Letters.'' Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. (softcover, )
External links
Arsawuyaas recorded in
Thutmose III
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Egypt
Amarna letters writers
Arameans
14th-century BC rulers
14th-century BC Aramean kings
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