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Niqmepa, King of Alalakh

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For the king of Ugarit, see Niqmepa.

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

Contemporary documents

Evidence for the reign of King Niqmepa is based on clay cuneiform tablets excavated at Tell Atchana by Charles 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

  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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