The Salhi is a region/

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in the vicinity of

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during the 15-20 year Amarna letters correspondence of 1350–1335 BC. The region of ''Salhi'' is referenced in only one letter of the Amarna letters

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, that of EA 126, (EA for 'el

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'), and EA 126 is in the sub-corpus of the 68-letters written from

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 Se ...

of '' Gubla''/-(

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). As stated in the letter: ''.."

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, it is taken from the land of ''Salhi'' and from

."'' Rib-Haddi's letter no. 126 is written to the

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The letter of: ''"lands of Salhi"'' and of Ugarit

Letter EA 126, title: ''"Rejection of Gubla or Rib-Hadda?"''

Letter no. 55 of 68 by Rib-Haddi of Gubla-(Byblos): :"(1-13)– Rib-Eddi. Say to the king-(i.e. Pharaoh), my lord: I fall beneath the feet of my lord 7 times and 7 times. As for my lord's having written for '' bo'' '' wood'', it is taken from the lands of ''Salhi'' and from

. I am unable to send my ships there, since

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is at war with me, and all the mayors are at peace with him. Their ships go about as they please, and they get what they need. :(14-26)–Moreover-('' i- nu- ma''), why does the king give the mayors, my friends, every sort of provision, but to me not give anything? :(17-26)–Previously-('' a- du''), money and everything for the(ir) provisions were sent from the palace to my ancestors, and my lord would send troops to them. But now I write for troops, but a garrison is not sent, and nothing at all is given o m. :(27-60)–A forthe king, my lord's, aving said—"Gua d yourselfand he city of the king where you are" how am I to guar ''myself'' I wrote t the king, my lord "They have taken a lm cities the son of 'Abdi-Aširta-(i.e. ''

'') is their 'master'' Gub a is the only cty I have." I have ind ed sen my mes(sen)ger t the king my od, but troops are not sen and y

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you do not allow to come out. So send him along with rescue forces. If the king hates his city, then let him abandon it; but if me, then let him dismiss me. Send a man of yours to g ar it. Why is nothing given to me from the

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? ... the Hittite troops–and they have set fire to the country. I have written repeatedlly, but no word comes back to me. They have seized all the lands of the king, my lord, but my lord has done nothing to them. Now they are mobilizing the troops of the Hittite countries to seize Gubla. :(61-66)–So give thought to

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city. And may the ng pay no atten

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to the men of the army. They give all the silver and gold of the king to the sons of 'Abdi-Aširta, and the sons of 'Abdi-Aširta give this to the strong king, and accordingly they are strong." - EA 126, lines 1-66-(lines 1-30 on obverse) (complete-(with minor

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References

* Moran, William L. ''The Amarna Letters.'' Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. (softcover, {{ISBN, 0-8018-6715-0)

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EA 126-(Obverse)
Amarna letters locations Ugarit

The letter of: ''"lands of Salhi"'' and of Ugarit

Letter EA 126, title: ''"Rejection of Gubla or Rib-Hadda?"''

See also

Amarna letters (photos)

References

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