"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."

A tablet sent to Zimri-Lim of Mari, showing that Amut-piʾel had 10-15 vassal kings.[1]

Amut-piʾel II was a king of Qatna in the 18th century BC. His reign is attested in the archive of Mari between c. 1772-1762 BC,[2] after which, Mari was destroyed by Hammurabi of Babylon and no more information is known about Amut-piʾel.[3] He was the son of king Ishi-Addu,[2] 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.[4] Amut-piʾel II visited Ugarit and met the king of Mari in year 8 of Zimri-Lim's reign.[5]

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Dalley 2002, p. 44.
  2. 1 2 Van Koppen 2015, p. 89.
  3. ↑ Van Koppen 2015, p. 91.
  4. ↑ Van Koppen 2015, p. 92.
  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) [1984]. 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). Harrassowitz Verlag. 2: Qaṭna and the Networks of Bronze Age Globalism. Proceedings of an International Conference in Stuttgart and Tübingen in October 2009. ISBN 978-3-447-10350-3. ISSN 2195-4305.
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