Pu-Ba'lu, (another spelling, also Pu-Bahla) was ruler/mayor of

Yursa Yursa was a town from the 1350–1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. The site, a city/city-state, is probably in the southern Canaan close to Gaza. Some scholars identify it with Tell Jemmeh. In the 382–letter correspondence it is the l ...

, (a city/

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(?)), identified with

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, of the

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Amarna letters correspondence. His name translates in west semitic as well as in Akkadian as: "word/mouth (of)

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", the '' 'Spokesman (of)

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's Voice'). Pu-Ba'lu of Yursa is the author of three letters to

pharaoh Pharaoh (, ; Egyptian language, Egyptian: ''wikt:pr ꜥꜣ, pr ꜥꜣ''; Meroitic language, Meroitic: 𐦲𐦤𐦧, ; Biblical Hebrew: ''Parʿō'') was the title of the monarch of ancient Egypt from the First Dynasty of Egypt, First Dynasty ( ...

. See:

The three Amarna letters, ( EA for 'el

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') to pharaoh from Pu-Ba'lu of Yursa are: :EA 314—Title: ''"A shipment of glass"'' :EA 315—Title: ''"Like a command of the Sun"''–See:

Reanap Reanap, also Reanapa (cuneiform: ''ri-a-na-pa'') was an ancient Egyptian commissioner, of the 1350–1335 BC Amarna letters, written from a 15–20 year time period. Of the 382 El-Amarna letters correspondence, Reanapa is referenced in three: :* ...

:EA 316—Title: ''"

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to the royal

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Tahmašši Tahmašši, or ''Takhmašši'', and also known by his hypocoristicon or pet name: Tahmaya, or ''Atahmaya'' was an Ancient Egypt, Egyptian official to pharaoh in the 1350 BC Amarna letters Text corpus, correspondence. His name comes from: 'Ptah-mes ...

Of the entire Amarna letters 382–letter

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, Pu-Ba'lu of Yursa is only referenced in letters 314, and 315, as: ''"..Pu-Ba'lu, the ruler of Yursa"'', and EA 316, as "Pu-Ba'lu". One other reference in EA 104, entitled: ''" Ullassa taken"'' is to

Abdi-Ashirta Abdi-Ashirta ( Akkadian: 𒀵𒀀𒅆𒅕𒋫 ''Warad-Ašîrta'' RAD2-A-ši-ir-ta fl. 14th century BC) was the ruler of Amurru who was in conflict with King Rib-Hadda of Byblos. While some contend that Amurru was a new kingdom in southern Syria ...

's son, "Pu-Bahla", presumably a separate 'Pu-Baal'.

Example letter of ''Pu-Ba'lu''

EA 314, ''"A shipment of glass"''

:To the king-(i.e. Pharaoh), my lord, my god, my Sun, the Sun from the sky: Message of ''Pu-Ba'lu'', your servant, the ruler of

. I indeed prostrate myself at the feet of the king, my lord, my god, my Sun:

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from the sky, 7 times and 7 times, on the back and on the belly. I am indeed guarding the place of the king, (my) lord, my Sun, the Sun from the sky. Who is the

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. See also the same subject glass:

Yidya Yidya, and also Idiya, was the Canaanite mayor/ruler of ancient Ašqaluna in the 1350- 1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Yidya is mainly referenced in the Amarna letters corpus, in his own letters: EA 320–326, (EA for 'el Amarna'). H ...

of Ašqaluna, EA 323; see:

External links

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References

* Moran, William L. ''The Amarna Letters.'' Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. (softcover, ) Amarna letters writers Canaanite people 14th-century BC people {{AncientEgypt-stub