Abba-El II (reigned middle 16th century BC -
Middle chronology
The chronology of the ancient Near East is a framework of dates for various events, rulers and dynasties. Historical inscriptions and texts customarily record events in terms of a succession of officials or rulers: "in the year X of king Y". Com ...
) was the king of
Halab
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(formerly Yamhad) who reigned after the withdrawal of the
Hittites
The Hittites () were an Anatolian people who played an important role in establishing first a kingdom in Kussara (before 1750 BC), then the Kanesh or Nesha kingdom (c. 1750–1650 BC), and next an empire centered on Hattusa in north-centra ...
.
Reign
Abba-El is known through his Royal Seal used by his descendant
Niqmepa
Niqmepa (died 1270 BC) was the fifth-from-last King of Ugarit, a city-state in northwestern Syria.
Reign
He was the son of Niqmaddu II, and the brother and successor of Arhalba.
Niqmepa was installed by the Hittite king Mursili II after forc ...
, king of
Alalakh
Alalakh (''Tell Atchana''; Hittite: Alalaḫ) is an ancient archaeological site approximately northeast of Antakya (historic Antioch) in what is now Turkey's Hatay Province. It flourished, as an urban settlement, in the Middle and Late Bronze A ...
as a dynastic seal.
In the seal he is described as the mighty king, servant of
Hadad, beloved of Hadad, devotee of Hadad, which were the titles that the old kings of Yamhad used. While the seal mentions the name of Abba-El II, the king depicted in it could be
Abba-El I
Abba-El I (reigned - Middle chronology ) was the king of Yamhad ( Halab), succeeding his father Hammurabi I.
Reign
Hammurabi I left Yamhad a prosperous country, and Abba-El's reign was relatively peaceful. He maintained good commercial relation ...
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According to prof.
Trevor Bryce
Trevor Robert Bryce (; born 1940) is an Australian Hittitologist specializing in ancient and classical Near-eastern history. He is semi-retired and lives in Brisbane.
His book, ''The Kingdom of the Hittites'', is popular among English-speakin ...
, Aleppo was restored by Abba-El's father Sarra-Ee;
however, other Historians such as Michael C. Astour consider Abba-El II to be the king who restored the kingdom.
Aleppo recovered from the Hittite invasion and expanded its territory to some of its former lands including Alalakh,
Niya and
Ama'u.
Succession
Abba-El's immediate successor was his probable son Ilim-Ilimma I,
the father of
Idrimi
Idrimi was the king of Alalakh c. 1490–1465 BC, or around 1450 BC. He is known, mainly, from an inscription on his statue found at Alalakh by Leonard Woolley in 1939.Longman III, Tremper, (1991)Fictional Akkadian Autobiography: A Generic and Co ...
who continued the dynasty of Yamhad in Alalakh after Aleppo fell to the
Mitannians in ca. 1525 BC.
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16th-century BC rulers
Kings of Yamhad
People from Aleppo
Amorite kings
16th-century BC people