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).
==See 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. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. (softcover, ISBN 0-8018-6715-0)
Category:Amarna letters locations
Category:Canaanite cities
Category:Former settlements in south west Asia