Haapi

Haapi, also Haip and Ha'ip was a commissioner mentioned in the 1350–1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. The name "Hapi" in Egyptian is the name for the Nile god Hapi.

Haapi is referenced in 3 letters from the Byblos-(Gubla) corpus of the prolific writer Rib-Hadda, of 68 letters. Haapi is also referenced in letter EA 149 of Abimilku of Tyre-(Surru), (EA for 'el Amarna').

The following letters are referenced to Haapi/Ha'ip:

  1. EA 107—Title: "Charioteers, but no horses"–Rib-Hadda letter, (no. 36 of 68). Note: see Maryannu; in letter: mar-i(y)a-nu-ma, =charioteer.
  2. EA 132—Title: "The hope for peace". –Rib-Hadda letter, (no. 61 of 68). See: Egyptian commissioner: Pahura.
  3. EA 133—Title: "Some advice for the king"–Rib-Hadda letter, (no. 62 of 68).
  4. EA 149—Title: "Neither water nor wood"–Abimilku letter no. 4 of 10.
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