Niqmaddu II
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Ras Shamra
(ancient Ugarit). Louvre Museum.Ugarit |
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Niqmaddu II (
Amorite ruler Niqmaddu, meaning "Addu has vindicated" to strengthen the supposed Amorite origins of his Ugaritic dynasty.[4]
Though the exact date of his accession to the throne of Ugarit is unknown, he might be a contemporary of both
In EA 49 (EA = El Amarna), Niqmaddu II apparently requested an Egyptian physician and two palace attendants from "Cush", the Egyptian envoy to Ugarit.[5]
He is identified in Syrian on an alabaster vase along with a woman in Egyptian court dress,Ar-Halba.
References
- ISBN 0931464714.
- ^ ISBN 0-415-16763-9.
- ISBN 0-226-24044-4.
- ^ ISBN 90-04-09995-6.
- ^ ISBN 9789004109889.
- ISSN 1743-1700. Archived from the originalon 10 July 2011.