Yamhad
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 Legal case from Niqmepuh, King of Yamhad concerning the legacy of two houses |
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| Material | Clay |
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| 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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- ^ Martin Sicker (2000). The pre-Islamic Middle East (Hardcover ed.). Praeger. p. 26. ISBN 0275968901. http://books.google.com/books?id=5MYFOWRZ8Z4C&pg=PA26&dq=Yamhad+amorite#v=onepage&q=Yamhad%20amorite&f=false.
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