I9I3.] OF THE PATRIARCHAL NARRATIVES. ]yi 



1.'^ 



'To Diidu, my lord, my father, "speaks Aziru, thy son, thy servant: ''at 

 the feet of my father I fall. ''Unto my father may there be health! °0 

 Dudu truly I have done "the wish of the king, my lord, ^and whatever is the 

 wish "of the king, my lord, let him send "and I will do it. "Further : see. 

 thou art there, "my father, and whatever is the wish "of Dudu, my father, 

 send it "and I will do it. "Behold thou art my father "and my lord and I 

 am thy son. The lands of the Amorites '"are thy lands, and my house is thy 

 house, "and whatever thy wish is, ''send, and I "shall behold and verily will 

 do it. ""And see, thou in the presence of "the king, my lord sittest. ". . . 

 enemies "'words of slander ^''before my father, before ^°the king, my lord, 

 have spoken, ^but do thou not count them just! "And behold thou in the 

 presence "'of the king, my lord, as a dignitary (?) ^sittest . . . '"and the words 

 of slander ^'against me do not count as true. 'Wlso I atu a servant of the 

 king, my lord, ^'and from the words of the king, my lord, ^*and from the 

 words of Dudu, my father, ^'^I shall not depart forever. '"But when the king, 

 my lord does not love me, ''but hates me, ''then I — what shall I say? 



II." 



'To Di^idu, my lord, my father, "speaks Aziru, thy servant : 'at the feet 

 of my lord I fall. ^Khatib has come °and has brought the words "of the king, 

 my lord,- important and good, 'and I am very, very glad, "and my lands and 

 my brethren, "the servants of the king, my lord, '"and the servants of Diidu, 

 my lord, "are very, very glad '"when there comes "the breath of the king, my 

 lord, '^unto me. From the words "of my lord, my god, my sun god, '"and 

 from the words of Diidu, "my lord, I shall not depart. '*My lord, truly Kha- 

 tib '^stands with me. ^I and he will come. "'My lord, the king of the Hit- 

 tites "has come into Nukhashshi, "so that I cannot come. ^Would that the 

 king of the Hittites would depart ! ^then, truly, I would come, ""I and Khatib. 

 "May the king, my lord, my words "'hear ! My lord, I fear ""on account of 

 the face of the king, my lord, '"and on account of the face of Diidu. ^And 

 now by my gods '"and my messengers verily I have sworn, "O Diidu and 

 nobles '^of the king, my lord, that truly I will come. '^And so, Dudu '"and 

 the king, my lord, and the nobles, ^'" truly we will not concieve anything 

 ''against Aziru that is unfavorable" — '"even thus may ye swear by ^°my gods 

 and the god A'. '"And truly I ^'and Khatib are faithful servants of the 

 king. ^O Dudu, thou shalt truly know "that I will come to thee. 



In these letters Aziru constantly classes Dudu with the king. He 

 fears to offend Diidu as he fears to offend the king. The words of 

 Dudu he counts as of equal importance to those of the king. Dddu 



'^ Winckler & Abel, " Thoutafelnfund von El-Amarna," No. 40 and 

 Knudtzon's " Die El-Amarna Tafeln," No. 158. 



"Winckler & Abel, No. 38 and Knudtzon, No. 164. 



