Abdi-Heba

Abdi-Heba was the ruler of Jerusalem, called Urusalim, in the mid-14th century BCE, known from six of his letters to the Egyptian pharaoh among the Amarna letters. He presented himself as a loyal vassal installed by Egypt, complained of rival rulers such as Labayu of Shechem and of the Habiru, and repeatedly asked for Egyptian troops. His letters are the earliest written evidence of Jerusalem as a political centre.