Ammittamru II was a king of the ancient

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n city of

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who ruled from 1260 to 1235 BC. He reigned for 25 years, being the son of former king

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 ...

, who was famously forced to sign a treaty of vassalization to the Hittites. His mother

Ahatmilku Ahatmilku () was a princess of Amurru, who became queen of Ugarit through marriage. Life Ahatmilku was a wife of the King Niqmepa of Ugarit and daughter-in-law of Niqmaddu II. She held great wealth and influence. She supported her youngest son Amm ...

supported his succession to the

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after the death of his father. She banished two of her sons to Alashiya (

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), when they contested this, but made sure they had sufficient supplies. Like all other Ugaritan kings, very few references of him exist. However, he is known to be a contemporary of Bentešina of the

Amurru Amurru may refer to: * Amurru kingdom, roughly current day western Syria and northern Lebanon * Amorite, ancient Syrian people * Amurru (god) Amurru, also known under the Sumerian name Martu, was a Mesopotamian god who served as the divine perso ...

. Ammittamru II married Bentešina's daughter whose mother was Kiluš-Ḫepa, daughter of

Ḫattušili III Hattusili III ( Hittite: "from Hattusa") was king of the Hittite empire (New Kingdom) c. 1267–1237 BC (short chronology timeline)., pp.xiii-xiv Early life and family Much of what is known about the childhood of Hattusili III is gathered from ...

. He later expelled his wife after she had committed serious misconduct and sent her back to Amurru. He then demanded her extradition in order to punish her for her deeds, but Šaušgamuwa of the Amurru refused to extradite the lady because he feared her execution. As tension arose between the two vassals, Hittite king

Tudḫaliya IV Tudhaliya IV was a king of the Hittite Empire (New kingdom), and the younger son of Hattusili III. He reigned c. 1245–1215 BC (middle chronology) or c. 1237–1209 BC (short chronology). His mother was the great queen, Puduhepa. Biography ...

interfered in the matter, as an escalating conflict between two important vassals would not have been in his favor. Hence, Hittite viceroy in

Carchemish Carchemish ( Turkish: ''Karkamış''; or ), also spelled Karkemish ( hit, ; Hieroglyphic Luwian: , /; Akkadian: ; Egyptian: ; Hebrew: ) was an important ancient capital in the northern part of the region of Syria. At times during its ...

, Ini-Teššup, decided that the ex-wife would have to be extradited and Šaušgamuwa should be paid 1400

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of gold to in return. Ammittamru II is assumed to have used the seal of his grandfather, Niqmaddu II instead of the dynastic seal that reads: "Yaqarum, son of Niqmaddu, king of Ugarit", that was normally used by Ugaritan kings. Ammittamru II determined his son

Ibiranu Ibiranu (reigned 1235 BC – 1225/20 BC) was the sixth king of Ugarit, a city-state in northwestern Syria. Ibiranu reigned between c. 1235 and 1225/20 BC, and was a contemporary of Tudhaliya IV and Arnuwanda III of Hatti. As a vassal state ...

as his successor during his lifetime.

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