As an additional light upon the events here referred to, the following extract from a letter from Akizzi of Qatna to Amenophis III. may be of interest:--
"O lord, Teu(w)atti of the city L(apa)n(a) and Arzauia of the city Ruhizzu are setting themselves with Aitugama (Etagama) and the land of (U)be. He is burning the territory of my lord with fire.
"O lord, as I love the king my lord, and likewise the king of the land Nuhasse, the king of the land of Nî, the king of the land of Zinzar, and the king of the land of Tunanat; and all these kings are for the king my lord serviceable.
"If the king my lord will, then he will go forth. (But they say) thus: 'The king my lord will not go forth.' Then let my lord send out field-troops, and let them come, since this land, as also, my lord, these kings, is well disposed towards him. (They are) my lord's great ones, and whatever their gifts (contributions), let him speak, and they will give (them).
"O lord, if this land is to be off the mind of my lord, then let my lord send forth field-troops, and let them come. The messengers of my lord have arrived.
"O lord, if Arzauia of the city of Ruhizzu and Teuwatti of the city Lapana remain in the land of Ube, and Dasa remain in the land of Amki, then may my lord know concerning them, that the land of Ube is not my lord's. They send to Aitugama every day saying thus: 'Come and take the land of Ube completely.'
"O lord, as the city Timasgi in the land of Ube is at thy feet, so also is the city Qatna at thy feet. And, my lord, with regard to my messenger, I ask for life, (and a)s I do not fear with regard to the field-troops of my lord, that the field-troops of my lord will come, as he will send (them) forth to me, I shall re(tire) into the city Qatna."
Thus the trouble spread, and the Hittites and their allies took possession of the territories south of the tracts referred to, trying, at the same time, to win over to their side the governors who were faithful. All this time posing as a friend of the Pharaoh, Etagama complained of the others, particularly Namya-waza, one of Egypt's most trustworthy allies, who, in a letter couched in the usual humble style of the period, announces his readiness to serve "with his horses and chariots, and with his brothers, and with his SA-GAS, and with his Sutites, along with the hired soldiers, whithersoever the king his lord should command him."