Yamhad

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Legal cuneiform tablet
Cuneiform legal tablet in case from Aleppo.jpg
Legal case from Niqmepuh, King of Yamhad concerning the legacy of two houses
Material Clay
Created 1720BC (circa)
Place Tell Atchana, Level VII Palace
Present location Room 57, British Museum
Identification 131449

Yamhad (also written Yamkhad or Jamhad) was an ancient Amorite kingdom centered at Ḥalab (or Ḥalba, modern day Aleppo).[1] A substantial Hurrian population also settled in the kingdom, and the Hurrian culture influenced the area. The kingdom was powerful during the Middle Bronze Age, ca. 1800-1600 BC. Its biggest rival was Qatna further south. Yamhad was finally destroyed by the Hittites in the sixteenth century BC.

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