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Amut-piʾel II was a king of Qatna in the 18th century BC, during the Middle Bronze IIA.

Family

He was the son of king Ishi-Addu, and his own son and crown prince was named Jaḫad-Abum but it is not known if this heir succeeded due to lack of sources.

Reign

"There is no king who is mighty by himself. Ten or fifteen kings follow Hammurabi the ruler of Babylon, a like number of Rim-Sin of Larsa, a like number of Ibal-pi-el of Eshnunna, a like number of Amut-piʾel of Qatanum, but twenty follow Yarim-Lim of Yamhad."

His reign is attested in the archive of Mari between c. 1772-1762 BC, after which, Mari was destroyed by Hammurabi of Babylon (r. 1792-1750 BC) and no more information is known about Amut-piʾel. Amut-piʾel II visited Ugarit and met the king of Mari in year 8 of Zimri-Lim's reign.

He was contemporary with Yarim-Lim of Yamhad (r. 1780-1764 BC), Zimri-Lim of Mari, Hammurabi of Babylon (r. 1792-1750 BC), Ibal-pi-el of Eshnunna (r. 1779-1765 BC), and Rim-Sin I of Larsa (r. 1822-1763 BC).

References

Citations

1. ^ Van Koppen 2015, p. 89.
2. Van Koppen 2015, p. 92.
3. Dalley 2002, p. 44.
4. Van Koppen 2015, p. 91.
5. Pappi 2012, p. 585, 586.

Sources

• Pappi, Cinzia (2012). "Religion and Politics at the Divine Table: the Cultic Travels of Zimrī-Līm". In Wilhelm, Gernot (ed.). Organization, Representation, and Symbols of Power in the Ancient Near East. Proceedings of the 54th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale at Würzburg 20–25 July 2008. Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale - RAI. Vol. 54. Eisenbrauns. ISBN 978-1-575-06245-7.
• Dalley, Stephanie (2002) . Mari and Karana, Two Old Babylonian Cities (2 ed.). Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-931956-02-4.
• Van Koppen, Frans (2015). Pfälzner, Peter (ed.). "Qaṭna in altsyrischer Zeit". Qaṭna Studien Supplementa: Übergreifende und vergleichende Forschungsaktivitäten des Qaṭna-Projekts der Universität Tübingen (in German). 2: Qaṭna and the Networks of Bronze Age Globalism. Proceedings of an International Conference in Stuttgart and Tübingen in October 2009. Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-10350-3. ISSN 2195-4305.

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