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It is slamifiestit ca'après leur issuees in Egypt, the Lukki and the Ichéens dispersed contemporary lists of the temples of the Sea, who nevertheless continued to seriously trouble the Egyptians until the time of Ramesses III.
It is probable that it was their devastation in Egypt that brought about the weakening of the position of the Lukkiens in Cyprus and at Enkomi.
In any case, it is precisely at this moment, i.e. around the end of the 13th c., when the third and last aysenne phase of Cyprus, during which the occupants of the palace of Enkomi, were replaced by craftsmen chiefs, also ayséniens, come probably from Rhodes, and who used the fine pottery of final style, found among the sanctuaries of the Ineneïde.
This reconquest of the palace of Enkomi could be linked with all the more so since the plain previously at this time, the last king Kitfiti who called himself of the kadisyanes, Arnavanda II.
In the indictment against his vassal Nadduvatta, published by H. Goetze, he is reproached for having tolerated and even supported the seizure of Cyprus by two ayséniens chiefs, one of whom bears the name Attarsiya, the other is described with the title of chief of the land of Alasiya.
These facts related in this document agree with our archaeological observations.
According to our observations, the reconquest of the palace of Enkomi was not but of short duration.
It ended in the turmoil of a new invasion, this time led from the town and extremely destructive.
The palace and the whole ayéniennes quarter of which it forms part, were given over to the flames.
The madrères deposits of the tablets have been found hidden on the
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