Pahura is referenced in 9-letters of the Amarna letters
corpus. Two damaged partial letters are only topically identified by Pahura's name, with no other references: letters EA 207 and 208, (EA for 'el
Amarna').
An example letter (with commissioner Pihura)
The largest sub-corpus of Amarna letters is from the Rib-Haddi corpus: namely
Rib-Hadda of
Gubla-(
Byblos). EA 132, entitled: "The hope for peace" shows some of the intrigues of the 68-letter Rib-Haddi corpus of letters.
EA 132, "The hope for peace"
Letter no. 61 of 68 by Rib-Haddi.
[S]ay [to] the king, my lord, m[y] Sun: Message of
Rib-Hadda, your [ser]vant. May the
Lady of Gubla grant power to the king, my lord. I
fall at the feet of my lord 7 times and 7 times. Moreover, give thought to
Gubla, your loyal city. Earlier,
'Abdi-Aširta attacked me, and I wrote to your father, (i.e.
Amenhotep III), "Send the
royal archers, and the entire land will be taken in a day." Did he not take fo[r himself' 'Abdi-Aširt[a], together with his possessions? Now
Aziru has gathered a[ll] the
'Apiru and has said to them, "If Gubla is not ... [...]" [L]ook,
Yanhamu being with you, a[sk him] if I did not say to him, "If you make an alliance ... [...] with the sons of 'Abdi-Aširta, they will take you prisoner." He listened t[o me], and he guarded the c[ities] of the king, his lord. I said the same thing to
Pawura so he would not listen to the words of
Ha'ip, (named for god:
Hapy), whose father turned the citi[es] into enemies. Now Ha'ip has hand[ed over]
Sumur-(
Zemar). May the king not neglect this deed, since a
commissioner was killed. If now you are negligent, then Pihura will not stay in
Kumidu, and all your [ma]yors will be killed. I keep (wr)iting like this to the pa[lac]e, [but] no attention is paid [t]o me. Send ships to fetch the Lady's property and me. [Sen]d 50–100 men and 50–100 m[en fro]mMeluhha, 50
chariots, [to g]uard [the city] for you. Se[nd] archers and bring peace to the land. -EA 132, lines 1-59 (
lacuna of 3-4 middle sentences)