Aplahanda was a king of

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 ...

proposed to have reigned between 1786 and 1766 BCE. He was first known from a

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translated by Rene Dussaud in 1929. The seal was found at the base of the mound of

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before excavations began. At least 6 seals naming Aplahanda have been published. They are skilfully produced, and show mostly Babylonian influence, although some Syrian and Egyptian motifs are also present. He is also found mentioned in the Mari tablets, reigning at the same time as Iasma-Addu and

Zimri-Lim __NOTOC__ Zimri-Lim (Akkadian: ''Zi-im-ri Li-im'') was king of Mari c. 1775–1761 BCE. Zimri-Lim was the son or grandson of Iakhdunlim, but was forced to flee to Yamhad when his father was assassinated by his own servants during a coup. He ha ...

, by whom he is addressed as a ''brother''. His name was suggested to be

Amorite The Amorites (; sux, 𒈥𒌅, MAR.TU; Akkadian: 𒀀𒈬𒊒𒌝 or 𒋾𒀉𒉡𒌝/𒊎 ; he, אֱמוֹרִי, 'Ĕmōrī; grc, Ἀμορραῖοι) were an ancient Northwest Semitic-speaking people from the Levant who also occupied lar ...

by I. J. Gelb and the hypothesis of a Semitic origin was supported by Wilfred G. Lambert.Gelb, I. J., Computer-aided Analysis of Amorite, AS 21, Chicago, 1980. He was allied with Shamshi-Adad in a war against

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that was unsuccessful. Aplahanda was succeeded by his son,

Yatar-Ami Yatar-Ami was a king of Carchemish proposed to have reigned between 1766 and 1764 BCE. Son of Aplahanda, he enjoyed a brief reign of only two years before being succeeded by Yahdun-Lim. He is known to have continued the profitable lumber ...

, who ruled for only two years. He is known to have died in 1766 from a letter of Ishtaran-Nasir. His daughter called Matrunna is also known; she had a non-Semitic, possibly

Hurrian The Hurrians (; cuneiform: ; transliteration: ''Ḫu-ur-ri''; also called Hari, Khurrites, Hourri, Churri, Hurri or Hurriter) were a people of the Bronze Age Near East. They spoke a Hurrian language and lived in Anatolia, Syria and Northern ...

name. His other son was

Yahdul-Lim Yahdul-Lim was a king of Carchemish proposed to have reigned between 1764 and 1745 BCE. During this period, the information about Carchemish mostly comes from the archives of Mari, Syria. Son of Aplahanda, he succeeded his brother Yatar-Ami. Litt ...

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