Yidya

Yidya, and also Idiya, was the mayor/ruler of ancient Ašqaluna/Ashkelon in the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence.

Yidya is mainly referenced in the Amarna letters corpus, in his own letters: EA 320–326, (EA for 'el Amarna'). However, the other reference to Yidya is a letter from the pharaoh to his vassal Yidya, letter EA 370.

The titles of Yidya's letters are as follows:

EA 320—title: "Listening carefully (1)"

EA 321—title: "Listening carefully (2)"

EA 322—title: "Listening carefully (3)"

EA 323—title: "A royal order for glass"

EA 324—title: "Preparations completed (1)"

EA 325—title: "Preparations Completed (2)"

EA 326—title: "A new commissioner"

EA 370, title: "From the Pharaoh to a vassal"

See: Amarna letters–phrases and quotations, for the phrasing: "the king is Hale like the Sun"..., for long form (like this), and short form.

EA 323, title: "A royal order for glass"

EA 326, title: "A new commissioner"

An article about the new commissioner, Reanapa. See: Reanap

EA 321, title: "Listening carefully (2)"

EA 325, title: "Preparations completed (2)"