Notes and drafts on Alasia IClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

and on in its proximity its immediate neighbourhood there rises a tell still designated today by the natives under the name of Halba-Arqa. The parallelism is could not be more striking between the geographical situation and the of the present Halpa<s>/ religious and ethnic character of the three Halpa of Ugarit of the South Halpa mentioned in the texts of Ras Shamra and and of the present Halpa of the present Halpa near the Lebanese- Syrian border, which corresponds to little which<s>/ almost to the old boundary between Ugarit and Amurru in the time of the 2nd millennium. All These Halpa All are closely grouped although distinct from one another, all constitute mountain localities in a region still today wine-producing all and are populated by inhabitants inhabited by inhabitants of several races and religions. different religions. As we have just we propose<s>/ whence it is to conclude We thus conclude the identification the identity of the present Halba including the tell Halpa-Arqa with and of the Halpa RS mentioned as a place of concentration of the troops of the "general" and no doubt, also also of with the site of the camp, where had gathered and probably entrenched the forces of the Peoples of the Sea of the North and of the Sea awaiting confrontation with the Egyptian expeditionary corps under the command of Ramesses III between the year 8 of his reign, according to the historical inscription of Medinet Habu.