A seal dedicated to goddess Kubaba by Matrunna, daughter of Aplahanda, 18th century BCE.

Aplahanda was a king of Carchemish proposed to have reigned between 1786 and 1766 BCE.[1]

He was first known from a cylinder seal translated by Rene Dussaud in 1929. The seal was found at the base of the mound of Ugarit before excavations began.[2][3]

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.[3]

He is also found mentioned in the Mari tablets, reigning at the same time as Yasmah-Addu and Zimri-Lim, by whom he is addressed as a brother. His name was suggested to be Amorite by I. J. Gelb and the hypothesis of a Semitic origin was supported by Wilfred G. Lambert.[4][3]

He was allied with Shamshi-Adad in a war against Aleppo that was unsuccessful.[1]

Aplahanda was succeeded by his son, Yatar-Ami, who ruled for only two years. He is known to have died in 1766 from a letter of Ishtaran-Nasir.[3][1][5]

His daughter called Matrunna is also known; she had a non-Semitic, possibly Hurrian name.

His other son was Yahdul-Lim.

References

  1. 1 2 3 W. J. Hamblin (12 April 2006). Warfare in Ancient Near East. Taylor & Francis. pp. 267–. ISBN 978-0-415-25588-2. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  2. ↑ Charles Virolleaud, "Les Inscriptions Cunéiformes de Ras Shamra", Syria, vol. 10, pp. 304–310, 1929; Claude F. A. Schaeffer, The Cuneiform Texts of Ras Shamra-Ugarit, 1939.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Karel Van Lerberghe; Gabriela Voet (1999). "Collon, D. 1999: "Seals naming Aplahanda of Carchemish." pp. 49-59.". Languages and Cultures in Contact: At the Crossroads of Civilizations in the Syro-Mesopotamian Realm ; Proceedings of the 42th RAI (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 96. Peeters Publishers. pp. 49–. ISBN 978-90-429-0719-5. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  4. ↑ Gelb, I. J., Computer-aided Analysis of Amorite, AS 21, Chicago, 1980.
  5. ↑ Horst Klengel (1992). Syria, 3000 to 300 B.C.: a handbook of political history. Akademie Verlag. ISBN 978-3-05-001820-1. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
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