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It is significant that after their failure in Egypt, the Lukki and the Achaeans disappear from the contemporary lists [handwritten: enumerating] the Peoples of the Sea, who nevertheless continued to seriously trouble the Egyptians until the time of Ramesses III.
It is probable that it was their defeat in Egypt which led to the weakening of the position of the Achaeans in Cyprus and at Enkomi.
In any case, it is precisely at this moment, i.e. around the end of the 13th century, that the third and last Mycenaean phase of Cyprus begins, during which the occupants of the palace at Enkomi, were replaced by chiefs of likewise Mycenaean origin, coming probably from Rhodes, and who used the fine pottery [handwritten: probably] [handwritten: of the] of the final style, found among the ashes of the fire.
This reoccupation of the palace at Enkomi could be connected with the incident of which, precisely at that time, the last Hittite king who dealt with the Ahhiyawa, Arnuwanda II, complains.
In the indictment against his vassal Madduvatta, published by Mr Goetz, he reproaches him for having tolerated and even supported the seizure of Cyprus by two Achaean chiefs, one of whom bears the name Attarsija, the other is designated by the title of chief of the land of Biggaja.
The facts related in this document agree so perfectly with our archaeological findings, [handwritten: according to Esquelles] [handwritten: according to our observations,] the reoccupation of the palace at Enkomi was not of long duration.
It ended in the tumult of a new invasion, this time general across the town and extremely destructive.
The palace and the whole aristocratic quarter of which it forms part, were given over to the flames.
The thick beams of the roofs have been found charred on the
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