Haapi, also Haip and Ha'ip was a commissioner of the

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Amarna letters correspondence. The name "Hapi" in Egyptian is the name for the

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god '' Hapi''. Haapi is referenced in 3 letters from the

Byblos Byblos ( ; gr, Βύβλος), also known as Jbeil or Jubayl ( ar, جُبَيْل, Jubayl, locally ; phn, 𐤂𐤁𐤋, , probably ), is a city in the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. It is believed to have been first occupied between 8 ...

-('' Gubla'')

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of the prolific writer

Rib-Hadda Rib-Hadda (also rendered Rib-Addi, Rib-Addu, Rib-Adda) 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 in form and may invoke the Northwest Semi ...

, of 68 letters. Haapi is also referenced in letter EA 149 of Abimilku of

Tyre Tyre most often refers to: * Tire, the outer part of a wheel * Tyre, Lebanon, a Mediterranean city Tyre or Tyres may also refer to: Other places Lebanon * Tyre District * See of Tyre, a Christian diocese *Tyre Hippodrome, a UNESCO World Heritag ...

-(''Surru''), ( EA for 'el

Amarna Amarna (; ar, العمارنة, al-ʿamārnah) is an extensive Egyptian archaeological site containing the remains of what was the capital city of the late Eighteenth Dynasty. The city was established in 1346 BC, built at the direction of the Ph ...

'). The following letters are referenced to Haapi/Ha'ip: :#EA 107—Title: "

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eers, but no horses"–Rib-Hadda letter, (no. 36 of 68). Note: see

Maryannu Maryannu is an ancient word for the caste of chariot-mounted hereditary warrior nobility, which existed in many of the societies of the Middle East during the Bronze Age. The term is attested in the Amarna letters written by Haapi. Robert Dr ...

; in letter: ''mar-i(y)a-nu-ma'', =charioteer. :#EA 132—Title: "The hope for

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". –Rib-Hadda letter, (no. 61 of 68). See: Egyptian commissioner: Pahura. :#EA 133—Title: "Some advice for the king"–Rib-Hadda letter, (no. 62 of 68). :# EA 149—Title: "Neither

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nor

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"–Abimilku letter no. 4 of 10.

The letters of commissioner: Haapi/Ha'ip

EA 149, "Neither water nor wood", letter no. 4 of 10

Letter no. 4 of 10 by Abimilku of

. : To the king-(i.e.

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), my lord, my Sun, my god: Message of Abimilku, or servant. I fall at the feet of the king, lo d 7 times and 7 times. I am the dirt under the feet and

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s of the king, my lord. O king, my lord, you are like the Sun, like

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, in the sky. May the king give thought to his servant. The king, my lord, charged me with guarding

-(''"Surru"''), the maidservant of the king, but after I wrote an ''express'' tablet-(i.e. tablet-letter), to the king, my lord, he has not replied to him. I am a commissioner of the king, my lord, and I am one that brings good news and ''also'' bad (news) to the king, my lord. May the king send 20 ''

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attendants'' to guard his city in order that I may go in to the king, my lord, and see his face. What is the life of a ''palace attendant'' when breath does not come forth from the mouth of the king, his lord? But he lives if the king writes his servant, and he lives orver. :For my part, ice last year y intention has beento go in nd behod the face of the king, my lord, Zimredda''-( of Sidon">Zimredda_(Sidon_mayor).html" ;"title="'but Zimredda (Sidon mayor)">Zimredda''-( of Sidon/''Siduna''), the p]rince, ''[heard about m]e''. He made [''my caravan (travellers), caravan''] turn back [''fro]m'' the king, my lord, [''saying, "Who c]an'' get you in [''to the king?" Hea]r,'' my lord!

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. The dealings of Aziru are well-known from the Amarna ...

, Abdi-Ašratu, Abdi-Ashirta.html" ;"title="he son of Abdi-Ashirta">Abdi-Ašratu, [the reel against the king, [''has taken possession of Zemar">Sumur.'' ''Haapi'' [...">he re">Abdi-Ashirta.html" ;"title="he son of Abdi-Ashirta">Abdi-Ašratu, [the reel against the king, [''has taken possession of Zemar">Sumur.'' ''Haapi'' [......[g]ave Sumur Aziru. May the king not neglect [th]is city and his land. When I hear the name of the king and the name of his army, they will be very afraid, and all the land will be afraid, that is, he who does not follow the king, my lord. The king knows whether you installed me as commissioner in Tyre. (Still), Zimredda seized Usu from (his) servant. I abandoned it, and so we have neither

nor

. Nor is there a place where we can put the

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. So may the king, my lord, give thought to his servant. :The king, my lord, wrote to me on a tablet, "Write whatever you hear to the king." Zimredda of Sidon, the rebel against the king, and the men of

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s, and infantry, to capture Tyre, the maidservant of the king. If the powerful hand of the king comes-(i.e. the archer-forces), it will defeat them. They will not be able to capture Tyre. They captured Sumur through the instructions of Zimredda, who brings the word of the king to Aziru. I sent a tablet to the king, my lord, but he has not replied to his servant. ice last year there has been wa aainst me. There is no

, hre is no

. May he send a tablet to his servant so he may go in and see his face. May the king ive thoughtto his servant and to his city, and may he not 'abandon''his city and his land. Why should 'a commissioner'' ofthe king, our lord, move awa from the land? 'Zimredda''knows, and the ''traitor'' knows, that the arm of the king is absent. Now a ''palace attendant

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my tablet to the king, the Sun, ylord, and may the king reply to his servant. -EA 149, lines 1-84, (complete, with lacunae) (Abimilku points out to Pharaoh, that Pharaoh is still communicating with Aziru, by tablet-letter.)

EA 132, "The hope for peace"

Rib-Hadda letter; see Egyptian commissioner: Pahura.

EA 107, "
Chariot A chariot is a type of cart driven by a charioteer, usually using horses to provide rapid motive power. The oldest known chariots have been found in burials of the Sintashta culture in modern-day Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, dated to c. 2000&nb ...
eers, but no horses"

References

Moran, William L. William Lambert Moran (August 11, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American Assyriologist. He was born in Chicago, United States. In 1939, Moran joined the Jesuit order. He then attended Loyola University in Chicago, where he received his ...

''The Amarna Letters.'' Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. (softcover, {{ISBN, 0-8018-6715-0) Amarna letters officials

The letters of commissioner: Haapi/Ha'ip

EA 149, "Neither water nor wood", letter no. 4 of 10

EA 132, "The hope for peace"

EA 107, "Chariot A chariot is a type of cart driven by a charioteer, usually using horses to provide rapid motive power. The oldest known chariots have been found in burials of the Sintashta culture in modern-day Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, dated to c. 2000&nb ...eers, but no horses"

See also

References

EA 107, "
Chariot A chariot is a type of cart driven by a charioteer, usually using horses to provide rapid motive power. The oldest known chariots have been found in burials of the Sintashta culture in modern-day Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, dated to c. 2000&nb ...
eers, but no horses"