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ite mayor/ruler of ancient Ašqaluna in the 1350- 1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Yidya is mainly referenced in the Amarna letters

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, in his own letters: EA 320–326, (EA for 'el

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'). However, the other reference to Yidya is a letter from the

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to his vassal Yidya, letter EA 370. The titles of Yidya's letters are as follows: :EA 320—title: ''"Listening carefully (1)"'' :EA 321—title: ''"Listening carefully (2)"'' :EA 322—title: ''"Listening carefully (3)"'' : EA 323—title: ''"A royal order for

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"'' :EA 324—title: ''"Preparations completed (1)"'' : EA 325—title: ''"Preparations Completed (2)"'' :EA 326—title: ''"A new

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"''

The letters of ''Yidya''

EA 370, title: ''"From the Pharaoh to a vassal"''

:"Say to ''Idiya'', the ruler of Ašqaluna: Thus the king. He herewith dispatches to you this tablet-(i.e. tablet-letter), saying to you, Be on your guard. You are to guard the place of the king where you are. :The king herewith sends to you Irimayašša ... :... :And know that the king is hale like the

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in the sky. For his troops and his

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s in multitude, from the Upper Land to the Lower Land, the rising of the sun to the setting of the sun, all goes very well." -EA 370, lines 1-29 ( lacuna of lines 9-22) See: Amarna letters–phrases and quotations, for the phrasing: ''"the king is Hale like the Sun"...'', for long form (like this), and short form.

EA 323, title: ''"A royal order for
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"''

:"To the king, my lord, my god, my Sun, the Sun from the sky: Message of ''Yidya'', your servant, the dirt at your feet, the groom of your horses. I indeed prostrate myself, on the back and on the stomach, at the feet of the king, my lord, 7 times and 7 times. I am indeed guarding the lce of the king, my lord, and the city of the king, in accordance with the command of the king, my lord, the Sun from the sky. As to the king, my lord's, having ordered some

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that would not obey the orders of the king, my lord, the Sun fr the sky, the son of the

, hm the Sun loves?" -EA 323, lines 1-23 (complete)

EA 326, title: ''"A new commissioner"''

An article about the new

, ''Reanapa''. See: Reanap

EA 321, title: ''"Listening carefully (2)"''

:"To the king, my lord, my god, my Sun, the Sun from the sky: esage of ''Yidya'', the ruler of Ašqaluna, your servant, the dirt at your feet, the rom of your hors . I indeed prostrate myself, on the stomach and on the back, at the feet of the king, my lord, the Sun from the sky, 7 times and 7 times. As to the

of the king, my lord, whom the king my lord, the Sun from the sky, sent to me, I have listened to his orders er carefully. : ndI am indeed guarding the lae of the king whe eI am." -EA 321, lines 1-26 (complete; note 2 paragraphs)

EA 325, title: ''"Preparations completed (2)"''

:" othe king, my lord, my god, my Sun, the Sun fr m the sy: Message of ''Yidya'', your servant, the dirt at your feet, the groom of or horses. I indeed prostrate myself, on the back and on the stomach, at the feet of the king, my lord, 7 times and 7 times. :I am indeed guarding the place of the king, my lord, and the city of the king, my lord, ere I am. Who is the

that would not obey the orders of the king, the Sun from the sky? :I have indeed prepared absolutely everything— od, strong drink,

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, and

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, absolutely everything that the king, my lord, commanded. I have indeed prepared it. :And I am indeed ''p eparing' the

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of the Sun, in accordance with the comma dof the king, my lord, the Sun fr m the sky" -EA 325, lines 1-22 (complete)

References

* Moran, William L. ''The Amarna Letters.'' Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. (softcover, {{ISBN, 0-8018-6715-0) Amarna letters writers Canaanite people 14th-century BC mayors Ancient kings of Ascalon