Ammurapi ( Hittite: 𒄠𒈬𒊏𒁉 ''am-mu-ra-pí'') was the last

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ruler and king (c. 1215 to 1180 BC) of the ancient

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n city of Ugarit. Ammurapi was a contemporary of the Hittite King Suppiluliuma II.

Attestations

He wrote a preserved vivid letter RS 18.147 (Nougayrol ''et al.'' (1968 Ugaritica V): 87-9 no. 24) in response to a plea for assistance from the king of Alashiya. Ammurapi wrote: This letter dramatically highlights the desperate situation facing Ugarit while it was also under attack by the invading Sea Peoples.

Divorce

Suppiluliuma II was responsible for the divorce settlement between Ammurapi and a Hittite woman, but it did not cause a problem between the Kingdom of Ugarit and the Hittite Empire; instead it demonstrated the relationship between both kingdoms.

Bronze Age Collapse

Ammurapi is the last known ruler of Ugarit. The city may have been destroyed around 1192-1190 BC.Kaniewski, David & Campo, Elise & Van Lerberghe, Karel & Boiy, Tom & Vansteenhuyse, Klaas & Jans, Greta & Nys, Karin & Weiss, Harvey & Otto, Thierry & Bretschneider, Joachim. (2011). The Sea Peoples, from Cuneiform Tablets to Carbon Dating. PloS one. 6. e20232. 10.1371/journal.pone.0020232. Ugarit would become one of the many states of the

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that were destroyed or abandoned during the Bronze Age collapse.

References

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* Ugaritic kings 13th-century BC monarchs 12th-century BC monarchs Late Bronze Age collapse {{Phoenicia-stub