Amut-piʾel II

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]

"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 15 vassal kings.[1]

References

Citations

1. Dalley 2002, p. 44.
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. 54. Eisenbrauns. ISBN 978-1-575-06245-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Dalley, Stephanie (2002) [1984]. Mari and Karana, Two Old Babylonian Cities (2 ed.). Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-931956-02-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)