Ahatmilku
Ahatmilku (fl. 1265 BCE) was a princess of Amurru, who became queen of Ugarit through marriage.
Life
[edit]Ahatmilku was a wife of the King Niqmepa of Ugarit and daughter-in-law of Niqmaddu II.[1] She held great wealth and influence.
She supported her youngest son Ammittamru II’s succession to the throne after the death of her husband.[2] She banished two of her sons to Alashiya (Cyprus), when they contested this, but made sure they had sufficient supplies.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Sweeney, Emmet John (2007). Empire of Thebes, or, Ages in Chaos Revisited. Algora Publishing. p. 128. ISBN 0-87586-480-5.
- ^ Only One God?: Monotheism in Ancient Israel and the Veneration of the Goddess Asherah by Bob Becking, Meindert Dijkstra, Marjo Korpel, Karel Vriezen
- ^ Marsman, Hennie J (2003). Women in Ugarit & Israel. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV. p. 660.
