Yursa


Yursa was a town from the 1350–1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. The site, a city/city-state, is probably in the southern Canaan close to Gaza. Some scholars identify it with Tell Jemmeh.
In the 382-letter correspondence it is the location of its mayor/ruler, Pu-Ba'lu, who authored 3 letters written to the pharaoh, namely EA 314-316,.
The three letters to the pharaoh from Pu-Ba'lu of Yursa are:
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"

EA-314, lines 1-22
EA 235, entitled: "An order of glass", is of the same subject, a letter from Satatna of Akka-.