Ammurapi
| Ammurapi | |
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| King of Ugarit | |
| Reign | 1215-1180 BC |
| Predecessor | Niqmaddu III |
| Born | Ugarit |
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Ammurapi (
Ammurapi wrote:
My father behold, the enemy's ships came (here); my cities(?) were burned, and they did evil things in my country. Does not my father know that all my troops and chariots(?) are in the Land of Hatti, and all my ships are in the Land of Lukka?...Thus, the country is abandoned to itself. May my father know it: the seven ships of the enemy that came here inflicted much damage upon us. [2]
This letter dramatically highlights the desperate situation facing Ugarit while it was also under attack by the invading
Ugarit would become one of the many states of the
Suppiluliuma II was responsible for the divorce settlement between Ammurapi and a Hittite woman,[3][4] but it did not cause a problem between the Kingdom of Ugarit and the Hittite Empire;[5] instead it demonstrated the relationship between both kingdoms.[5]
References
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- ^ Bryce 1998, p. 367.
- ^ Nougayrol, Jean; Laroche, Emmanuel; Virolleaud, Charles (1968). Ugaritica. V: nouveaux textes accadiens, hourrites et ugaritiques des archives et bibliothèques privées d'Ugarit. Stony Brook University. pp. 87–90.
- ^ RS 17.226, 17.355 (PRU iv 208-210, Dossier VIII A.)
- ^ Astour, M. (1980). "The Netherworld and Its Denizens in Ugarit". In Alster, Bendt (ed.). Death in Mesopotamia. Copenhagen. pp. 227–238.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Bryce 1998, p. 363.
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