- Zimredda (Lachish mayor)
Zimredda (Lachish mayor) was the mayor of
Lachish in the mid14th century BC . He is mentioned in theAmarna letters , and is the author of EA 329, (EA for 'elAmarna '). Only two other references are made to "Zimredda of Lakiša"–(Lachish} in the corpus. He is part of the subject of letter EA 333, titled: " "Plots and disloyalty" ". His death is reported in EA 288 byAbdi-Heba –(letter no. 4 of 6), at the hands of theHabiru .In the Amarna letters correspondence, from 1350-
1335 BC , the other mayor of Lakiša wasŠipti-Ba'lu , author of letters EA 330-332."Zimredda of Lakiša" letter--no. 329
Title: "Preparations under way." EA 329, lines 1-20 (complete)
:cquote| "To the king, my lord, my god, my Sun, The Sun from the sky: Message of Zimreddi, the ruler of Lakiša, your servant, the dirt at your feet. I prostrate myself at the feet of the king, my lord, the Sun from the sky, 7 times and 7 times. As to the
messenger of the king, my lord, whom he sent to me, I have listened to his orders very carefully, and I am indeed making preparations in accordance with his order.ee also
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Zimredda (Sidon mayor)
*Šipti-Ba'lu
*Amarna letters References
*Moran, William L. "The Amarna Letters." John Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. (softcover, ISBN 0-8018-6715-0)
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