96 B., a letter mainly complimentary, from _Neboyapiza_(142) to the King of Egypt, ends as follows:
“Behold I myself, with my soldiers and my chariots, with my brethren and with (men of blood?) and with my people the men of my kindred go to meet the Egyptian soldiers, as far as the ground which the King my Lord will name.”
142 B.—“To the King my Lord thus saith this thy servant. At the feet of my Lord my Sun seven times on my face, seven times I bow. My Lord I am thy servant, and they will devour me—_Neboyapiza_: we abide before thy face, my Lord, and lo! they will devour me in your sight. Behold every fortress of my fathers is taken, by the people out of the city _Gidisi_.(143) And my fortresses (say) ‘Speed us avengers.’ I make ready, and (because that?) the _Pakas_(144) of the King my Lord, and the chiefs of his land have known my faithfulness, behold I complain to the ruler being one approved; let the ruler consider that (_Neboyapiza_) has given proof ... for now they have cast thee out. As for me, I have (gathered?) all my brethren, and we have made the place strong for the King my Lord. I have caused them to march with my soldiers and with my chariots, and with all my people. And behold _Neboyapiza_ has sped to all the fortresses of the King my Lord. Part of the men of blood are from the land _Ammusi_,(145) and (part) from the land of _Hubi_, and it is won (or reached). But march fast, thou who art a God(146) and a Sun in my sight, and restore the strongholds holds to the King my Lord from the men of blood. For they have cast him out; and the men of blood have rebelled, and are invaders of the King my Lord. We were obedient to thy yoke, and they have cast out the King my Lord, and all my brethren.”
It appears, from other letters, that the city of this chief was the important town _Cumidi_, now _Kamid_, in the southern Lebanon, at the south end of the Baalbek plain, west of Baal Gad. In Abu el Feda’s time this town was the capital of the surrounding district.
189 B. is much broken. It is from _Arzana_, chief of the city _Khazi_.(147) He speaks of an attack on _Tusulti_, by bloody soldiers fighting against the place, and perhaps of the city _Bel Gidda_ (Baal Gad),(148) and mentions a _Paka_, or Egyptian official, called _Aman Khatbi_, named after the Egyptian god Amen. The foes are spoiling the valley (of Baalbek) in sight of the Egyptian general, and are attacking _Khazi_, his city. They had already taken _Maguzi_,(149) and are spoiling Baal Gad. It seems that he asks the King not to blame his general, and speaks finally of friendly and faithful men.