Irimayašša

Irimayašša, or Iriyamašša was an Egyptian official, of the 1350-1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence, written from a 15-20 year time period. The 2 letters that reference him are regarding Byblos/Gubla, and Ascalon, in western and southwestern Canaan.

Irimayašša is referenced in 2 letters: (EA is for 'el Amarna')
 * EA 370–Titled: "From the Pharaoh to a vassal" –to Yidya of Ašqaluna
 * EA 130–Titled: "Life among the 'Apiru"

EA 130, by Rib-Hadda of Gubla/Byblos
Title: "Life among the 'Apiru", (Sub-corpus of Rib-Hadda: no. 59 of 68).
 * Say [t]o the king, my lord: Message of Rib-Hadda, your servant. May the Lady of Gubla grant power to the king, my lord. I fall at the feet of the king, my lord, my Sun, 7 times and 7 times. As to the king's having written to me,
 * "Irimayašša is coming to you,"
 * ...he has not come to me. As to the king's having written to me,
 * "Guard yourself and guard the city of the king where you are,"
 * ...who can guard me? Look, formerly my ancestors [were str]ong. There was war against the[m, but] a garrison [of the king] was wi(t)h them. There were provisions from the king at their disposal. [Though the war against me] is seve[re], I have [n]o [provision]s [from the king or gar]ri[son of the king]. Wh[at shall I] do? As for the mayors, [the]y are the ones who strik[e] our city. They are like dogs, and there is no one who wants to serve them. What am I, who live among 'Apiru, &mdash;to do? If now there are no provisions from the king for me, my peasantry is going to fi[gh]t (against me). A[ll] lands are at war against me. If the desire of the king is to guard his city and his servant, send a garrison to guard the city. [I] will guard it while I am [a]live. When [I] die, who is going to [gu]ard it? -EA 130, lines 1-52 (complete)

(See note at talk, for the paragraphing of the two quotes.)

EA 370, by Pharaoh to Yidya of Ašqaluna
EA 370, "From the Pharaoh to a vassal" has the body of the letter damaged, and only includes the introduction to Yidya, "to guard", and also the ending formula of the Pharaoh's letters. See: letter 370, Yidya.