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, (EA for 'el Amarna').

The three letters to the pharaoh from Pu-Ba'lu of Yursa are:

EA 314—Title: "A shipment of glass"

EA 315—Title: "Like a command of the Sun"–See: Reanap

EA 316—Title: "Postscript to the royal scribe"–See: Tahmašši

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".