Pahura, and also spelled
Pihur/Pihuru,
Pihura, and
Pihuru/Pihure was a commissioner of the 1350 BC
Amarna letters Text corpus. Pahura's name means in Egyptian,
' the ' , and he was commissioner to the
Ancient Egypt pharaoh.
Pahura is referenced in 9-letters of the Amarna letters Text corpus. Two damaged partial letters are only topically identified by Pahura's name, with no other references: letters EA 207 and 208, (EA for 'el Amarna').
An example letter (with commissioner Pihura)
The largest sub-corpus of Amarna letters is from the Rib-Haddi corpus: namely
Rib-Hadda of
Gubla-(
Byblos). EA 132, entitled:
"The hope for peace" shows some of the intrigues of the 68-letter Rib-Haddi corpus of letters.
EA 132, "The hope for peace"
Letter no. 61 of 68 by Rib-Haddi.
- Say to the king, my lord, my Sun: Message of Rib-Hadda, your servant. May the Lady of Gubla grant power to the king, my lord. I fall at the feet of my lord 7 times and 7 times. Moreover, give thought to Gubla, your loyal city. Earlier, Abdi-Ashirta attacked me, and I wrote to your father, (i.e. Amenhotep III), "Send the royal archers, and the entire land will be taken in a day." Did he not take for, together with his possessions? Now Aziru has gathered all the Habiru and has said to them, "If Gubla is not ... ..." Look, Yanhamu being with you, ask if I did not say to him, "If you make an alliance ... ... with the sons of 'Abdi-Aširta, they will take you prisoner." He listened to, and he guarded the cities of the king, his lord. I said the same thing to Pawura so he would not listen to the words of Haapi, (named for god: Hapi), whose father turned the cities into enemies. Now Ha'ip has handed Zemar-(Zemar). May the king not neglect this deed, since a commissioner was killed. If now you are negligent, then Pihura will not stay in Kumidu, and all your mayors will be killed. I keep (wr)iting like this to the palace, but no attention is paid to me. Send ships to fetch the Lady's property and me. Send 50–100 men and 50–100 menm Meluhha, 50 , touard 'the for you. Send archers and bring peace to the land. -EA 132, lines 1-59 (lacuna of 3-4 middle sentences)
See also
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Moran, William L. The Amarna Letters. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. (softcover, )
