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Hammurabi II (reigned Middle 17th century BC - Middle chronology) was an obscure king of Yamhad (Halab), probably reigning after Irkabtum.

Identity

Hammurabi II was confused with Hammurabi III, the king of Yamhad who was mentioned as the son of the king of Halab in the annals of Hattusili I.

The Alalakh tablets AlT 21 and AlT 22, (naturally made before the destruction of Alalakh) mentions Hammurabi as king, while the Hammurabi mentioned in the Hittites annals (after the destruction of Alalakh) was attested as the son of king Yarim-Lim and since the destruction of Alalakh occurred while Yarim-Lim III was king, then the Hammurabi in tablets AlT 21 and 22 can not be the same Hammurabi, son and successor of Yarim-Lim III.

Position and Succession

Nothing (except his existence) is known about Hammurabi II. His filiation is unknown but since he is mentioned before the destruction of Alalakh (and Yarim-Lim III was the king during and after the destruction) then he must have been succeeded by Yarim-Lim III (but even this is under debate).

References

Citations

1. Wilfred van Soldt (2000). "Syrian Chronology in the Old and Early Middle Babylonian Periods". Akkadica. 119–200: 105.
2. Soldt, Wilfred H. van. Syrian Chronology in the Old and Early Middle Babylonian Periods, Akkadica 119-20.
3. ^ wilfred van soldt (1999). Akkadica, Volumes 111-120. p. 106.
4. Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards (1970). The Cambridge Ancient History. p. 244. ISBN 9780521082303.
5. Eva Von Dassow (2008). State and society in the late Bronze Age: Alalaḫ under the Mittani Empire. p. 14. ISBN 9781934309148.

• 17th-century BC monarchs
• Kings of Yamhad
• People from Aleppo
• Amorite kings
• Yamhad dynasty