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Niqmepa, King of Alalakh






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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  

For the king of Ugarit, see Niqmepa.

Niqmepa, son of Idrimi, was king of Alalakh in the first half of 15th century BC.[1]

Contemporary documents[edit]

Evidence for the reign of King Niqmepa is based on clay cuneiform tablets excavated at Tell AtchanabyCharles Leonard Woolley.

Clay tablets mentioning King Niqmepa

  • Tablet with a grant of 'mariannu-ship' from King Niqmepa to Qabia. Ref:131453 .
Tablet with a grant of 'mariannu-ship' from King Niqmepa to Qabia. Ref:131453 .
  • Cuneiform clay tablet with a legal case for the right of Niqmepa, the king of Alalakh, to the kingship of Hanigalbat. Ref:131452
    Cuneiform clay tablet with a legal case for the right of Niqmepa, the king of Alalakh, to the kingship of Hanigalbat. Ref:131452

    • References[edit]

    1. ^ Edwards, Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen; Gadd, C. J.; Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière; Seltman, Charles Theodore; Boardman, John; Bury, John Bagnell; Cook, Stanley Arthur; Adcock, Frank Ezra; Charlesworth, M. P.; Walbank, F. W.; Ling, Roger; Astin, A. E. (1977), The Cambridge ancient history, Volume 2, Part 1 (3 ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 435, ISBN 978-0-521-08230-3


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