13 B. M.—The usual salutation, as given in the first letter. “Does the King know? Behold _Aziru_ has fought my chiefs, and has taken twelve of my chiefs, and has insisted on receiving at our expense fifty talents; and the chiefs whom I despatched to the city _Simyra_ he has caused to be seized in the city. Both the city _Beruta_ (Beirût) and the city _Ziduna_ (Sidon) are sending ships to the city _Simyra_. All who are in the land of the _Amorites_ have gathered themselves. I am to be attacked; and behold this: _Yapaaddu_ has fought for me with _Aziru_, but afterward behold he was entangled in the midst of the enemy when my ships were taken. And the King sees as to his city and his servant, and I need men to save the rebellion of this land if you will not come up to save from the hands of my enemies (or destroyers). Send me back a message, and know the deed that they have done. Now as they send to thee concerning the city _Simyra_ he now marches. But (give?) me soldiers for ... and these shall deliver her ... they have tried but ... now.”
61 B.—The usual salutation precedes, here much broken. “Does the King my Lord know? Lo! we know that he has fought mightily. Lo! they tell of us in thy presence what the city _Simyra_ has done to the King. Know O King boldly marching they have contrived to seize her—the sons of _Abdasherah_, and (there is) none who lives to carry the message to the King. But counsel now thy faithful servant. I say also the whole of the fortress they have destroyed ... I sent to the King ... of advice as to the city _Simyra_. As a bird in the midst of the net she has remained. The siege of the usurpers is exceeding strong, and the messenger who from...”
The letter is much broken. It refers to Yapaaddu and to his own faithfulness to the _Pakas_ (“chiefs”) of the King. He also appears to refer to the King destroying the Amorites, and goes on:
“The ruins perchance he will assign to his servant; and he has been constant and is upright against this thing—to subdue all the King’s (provinces?). He has lost all the cities which ... this has befallen to ... and from the destruction ... against me none who ... them. The two or three that have held fast are turning round. But he hears his faithful servant’s message, and a servant who has been constant in all labor, and his handmaid the city of _Gebal_ (is) the only one that holds fast for me. The evils of this deed are equally thine, but I am broken in pieces. Henceforth _Aziru_ is the foe of _Yapaaddu_. They have marched; and (there is) news that they have been cruel in their ravages against me. They rest not: they desire the evil of all that are with me. So they have waxed strong, powerful against me (a servant) faithful to the King from of old ... Moreover, behold I am a faithful servant: this evil is wrought me: behold this message: lo! I am the dust of the King’s feet. Behold thy father did not wring, did not smite the lands of his rulers (_Khazani_) and the Gods established him—the Sun God, the God ... and Baalath of Gebal. But the sons of _Abdasherah_ have destroyed from ... us the throne of thy father’s house, and ... to take the King’s lands for themselves. They have joined the King of the land of _Mitana_,(224) and the King of the land of _Casi_(225) and the King of the land of the _Hittites_ ... the King will order soldiers (_bitati_). _Yankhamu_ with the ... of my poor land ... The _Paka_ of the city _Cumidi_ ... and they have marched ... _Gebal_ ... to a faithful servant.”