Ilim-Ilimma I

Ilim-Ilimma I
King of Halab (Yamhad)
ReignMiddle 16th century BC – c. 1524 BC
PredecessorAbba-El II
SuccessorKingdom abolished
next king of Halab was : Telepinus.[1]

Ilim-Ilimma I (reigned middle 16th century BC - c. 1524 BC - Middle chronology)[2] was the king of Yamhad (present-day Halab) succeeding his father Abba-El II.[3][4]

Reign

Ilim-Ilimma is known through the inscriptions found on the Statue of his Son Idrimi:[5] his queen belonged to Emar royalty,[6] and he had many children of which Idrimi was the youngest.[7]

Ilim-Ilimma was under the threats of king Parshatatar of Mitanni,[8] and a rebellion probably instigated by him ended Ilim-Ilimma's reign and life in ca. 1524 BC,[9] and the royal family fled to Emar.[10]

Dynasty's Fate

Aleppo came under the authority of Mitanni,[11] while Idrimi stayed in exile for seven years,[12] after which he conquered Alalakh and continued the dynasty as the King of Mukis.[13] Ilim-Ilimma I was the last king of the Yamhad dynasty to rule as King of Halab;[14] his grandchild Niqmepa might have controlled Halab, but as king of Alalakh.[15]

Ilim-Ilimma I of Halab
 Died: 1525 BC
Regnal titles
Preceded by King of Halab (Yamhad)
– 1525 BC 		Vacant
Title next held by
Telepinus

References

Citations

  1. ^ Moyra Caldecott (January 2003). Tutankhamun and the Daughter of Ra. p. 260. ISBN 9781899142880.
  2. ^ Michael C. Astour. Hittite History and Absolute Chronology of the Bronze Age. p. 92.
  3. ^ Michael C. Astour (1989). Hittite history and absolute chronology of the Bronze Age. p. 19. ISBN 9789186098865.
  4. ^ Michael C. Astour. Orientalia: Vol. 38. p. 382.
  5. ^ Horst Klengel (20 March 1992). Syria, 3000 to 300 B.C.: a handbook of political history. p. 87. ISBN 9783050018201.
  6. ^ Masamichi Yamada (1996). Essays on Ancient Anatolia and Syria in the Second and Third Millennium B.C. p. 304. ISBN 9783447037594.
  7. ^ Sidney Smith (1949). The Statue of Idri-Mi. p. 60.
  8. ^ Trevor Bryce (1999). The Kingdom of the Hittites. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-19-924010-4.
  9. ^ Michael C. Astour. Hittite History and Absolute Chronology of the Bronze Age. p. 92.
  10. ^ Columbia University, Ancient Near Eastern Society (1974). Journal, Volumes 6-9. p. 67.
  11. ^ Horst Klengel (20 March 1992). Syria, 3000 to 300 B.C.: a handbook of political history. p. 88. ISBN 9783050018201.
  12. ^ Trevor Bryce (5 March 2014). Ancient Syria: A Three Thousand Year History. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-19-100293-9.
  13. ^ Trevor Bryce (5 March 2014). Ancient Syria: A Three Thousand Year History. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-19-100293-9.
  14. ^ Neil Zimmerer (August 2003). The Chronology of Genesis: A Complete History of the Nefilim. p. 57. ISBN 9781931882224.
  15. ^ Michael C. Astour. Orientalia: Vol. 38. p. 384.