Yursa

Yursa was a town, whose site is unknown, from the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. The site, a city/city-state, is possibly in central, or eastern Canaan.

In the 382–letter correspondence it is the location of its mayor/ruler, Pu-Ba'lu who authored 3 letters written to pharaoh, namely EA 314-316, (EA for 'el Amarna').

The three letters to pharaoh from Pu-Ba'lu of Yursa are::EA 314—Title: "A shipment of glass":EA 315—Title: "Like a command of the Sun"–See: Reanap:EA 316—Title: "Postscript to the royal scribe"–See: Tahmašši

Of the entire Amarna letters 382–letter corpus, Yursa is only referenced in letters 314, and 315, as: "..Pu-Ba'lu, the ruler of Yursa".

Example letter of "Yursa"/Pu-Ba'lu

EA 314, title: "A shipment of glass"

:"To the king-(i.e. Pharaoh), my lord, my god, my Sun, the Sun from the sky: Message of Pu-Ba'lu, your servant, the ruler of "Yursa". I indeed prostrate myself at the feet of the king, my lord, my god, my Sun: the Sun from the sky. 7 times and 7 times, "on the back and on the stomach." I am indeed guarding the place of the king, (my) lord, my Sun, the Sun from the sky. Who is the [Dog (Amarna letter appellaton)|do [] "g that would not o] be [y the orders of the king, the Sun from the sk] y? [Since the king, my lord, has ord [ere [d"] some glass, I [s] end it to the king, my lord, my god, the Sun from the sk [y] ." -EA -314, lines 1-22 (with damaged cuneiform characters)

EA 235, entitled: "An order of glass", is of the same subject, a letter from Satatna of "Akka"-(Acco).

ee also

*Pu-Ba'lu
*Reanap, Egyptian commissioner
*Tahmašši, Egyptian official
*Amarna letters
*Amarna letters–phrases and quotations, for: "7 times and 7 times; "on the back and on the stomach" "

References

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