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and placed it in that deity's Temple. Tablet AlT*11 informs of his return from Nishin, a place not known before, but certainly inside the territory of Yamhad because the tablet seems to refer to travel and not a military campaign.
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The seal of Niqmi-Epuh includes his name written in cuneiform inscription. The king is depicted wearing a crown, facing two goddesses, one in Syrian dress, while and the other is wearing Babylonian dress.
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Little of Aleppo has been excavated by archaeologists, knowledge about Niqmi-Epuh comes from tablets discovered at
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Legal case from Niqmi-Epuh to the king of Alalakh concerning the legacy of two houses
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and vassal of Yamhad died during Niqmi-Epuh's reign and was succeeded by his son
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Niqmi-Epuh's most celebrated deed was his conquest of the town Arazik, near
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Niqmi-Epuh died ca. 1675 BC. He seems to have a number of sons, including
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Direction Générale des Antiquités et des Musées., 1999 (1999).
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who succeeded him immediately, prince Abba-El, and possibly
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Index


Middle chronology
Yarim-Lim II
Irkabtum
Middle chronology
Yamḫad
Halab
Yarim-Lim II

Alalaḫ
Yarim-Lim
Yarim-Lim II
Ammitakum
votive status
Hadad
Charchemish
Irkabtum
Yarim-Lim III
Hammurabi III
Hittites
Halab
Yamhad dynasty
Yarim-Lim II
Great King of Yamhad
Irkabtum
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Yamhad
Kings

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