Niqmepa, King of Alalakh
Niqmepa, son of Idrimi, was King of Alalakh in the first half of 15th century BC.[1]
Contemporary documents
Evidence for the reign of King Niqmepa is based on clay cuneiform tablets excavated at Tell Atchana by Charles Leonard Woolley.
Clay tablets mentioning King Niqmepa
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Tablet with a grant of 'mariannu-ship' from King Niqmepa to Qabia. Ref:131453 . -
Cuneiform clay tablet with a legal case for the right of Niqmepa, the king of Alalakh, to the kingship of Khanigalbat. Ref:131452
References
- ^ Edwards, Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen; Gadd, C. J.; Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière; Seltman, Charles Theodore; Boardman, John; Bury, John Bagnell; Cook, Stanley Arthur; Adcock, Frank Ezra; Charlesworth, M. P.; Walbank, F. W.; Ling, Roger; Astin, A. E. (1977), The Cambridge ancient history, Volume 2, Part 1 (3 ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 435, ISBN 978-0-521-08230-3
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