Niqmaddu II.

Niqmaddu II. (* Before 1375 BC; † 1315 BC) was from 1349 BC. BC to 1315 BC King of Ugarit .

Treaty with Šuppiluliuma I of Hatti

The treaty of Šuppiluliuma I with the Ugaritic king Niqmaddu II was probably created at the end of the Hittite king's second Syrian campaign and, due to the other kings mentioned, it is an important document, especially with regard to the possible chronological classification.

Plate Vs

“ ² When Itur-Addu , king of Mukiš , Addu-nerari , ³ king of Nuhašše and Aki-Teššup , king of Nija , ⁴ of Šuppiluliuma fell away, ^{5 they} gathered their troops and ⁶ blackmailed Ugarit and ⁸ destroyed the country. ⁹ Niqmaddu turned to ¹⁰ the great king and king of Hatti and wrote: ¹¹ May my lord save me from the hand of the enemy. ¹⁴ The kings blackmail me. " ¹⁶ The great king sent princes and greats along with foot troops to ¹⁸ [The text breaks off here. However, the context reveals the restoration of the situation in Ugarit and the subsequent homage to Šuppiluliuma. The connection to panel Vs follows ]. ¹ and the Great King of Hatti ² saw Niqmaddus fidelity. ³ Now both have ⁴ a contract ⁵ closed. ⁶ If ⁷ future ⁸ refugees ¹⁰ from other countries ¹¹ to go away and ¹² in Ugarit ¹³ enter into the service of the king ¹⁵ may another king of another country ¹⁶ will not take them away from ¹⁷ the decree of Niqmaddu and ¹⁸ from the decree of his sons and grandchildren, ¹⁹ until distant times. "

- Excerpts from the contract text, panel Vs

literature

Otto Kaiser (Hrsg.): Texts from the environment of the Old Testament . Old episode. Volume 1. Gütersloh publishing house, Gütersloh 1985.

Notes and individual references

↑ See the complete version by Einar von Schuler : Treaty between Šuppiluliuma I and Niqmaddu II of Ugarit. In: Otto Kaiser (Ed.): Texts from the environment of the Old Testament. Old series Volume 1: Legal and economic documents, historical-chronological texts. Delivery 2: State treaties. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 1985, ISBN 3-579-00061-6 , pp. 131-132.

predecessor	Office	successor
Ammistamru I.	King of Ugarit 1349 BC BC - 1315 BC Chr.	Arhalbu

personal data
SURNAME	Niqmaddu II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of Ugarit
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1375 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	1315 BC Chr.

[1] See the complete version by Einar von Schuler : Treaty between Šuppiluliuma I and Niqmaddu II of Ugarit. In: Otto Kaiser (Ed.): Texts from the environment of the Old Testament. Old series Volume 1: Legal and economic documents, historical-chronological texts. Delivery 2: State treaties. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 1985, ISBN 3-579-00061-6 , pp. 131-132.