Irkabtum

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Irkabtum
Great King of Yamhad
Reign c. 1675 BC – c. 1650 BC. Middle chronology
Predecessor Niqmi-Epuh
Successor Yarim-Lim III

Irkabtum (reigned c. 1675 BC – c. 1650 BC - Middle chronology ) was the king of Yamhad (Halab) succeeding his father Niqmi-Epuh[1]

Reign

Irkabtum is referred to in an old Hittite letter fragment,[2] but he is known primarily through the Alalakh tablets, he engaged in the selling and buying of cities and villages with king Ammitakum of Alalakh in order to adjust the shared borders between them,[3] and he campaigned in the region of Nashtarbi east of the Euphrates river against the Hurrian princes who rebelled against Yamhad,[4] the campaign was an important one that it was used to date legal cases.[5]

Irkabtum is known to have concluded a peace treaty with Semuma the king of the Habiru on behalf of his vassal kingdom Alalakh, indicating the importance and danger of those autonomous warriors in the region.[6]

Death and Succession

Irkabtum died and was succeeded by his brother Yarim-Lim III,[7] who faced the Hittite attack which led eventually to the end of Yamhad.

King Irkabtum of Yamhad (Halab)
Died: 1650 BC
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Niqmi-Epuh		 Great King of Yamhad
1675 – 1650 BC 		Succeeded by
Yarim-Lim III

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Douglas Frayne. Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 BC). p. 794. 
  2. ↑ Erich Ebeling,Bruno Meissner,Ernst Weidner,Dietz Otto Edzard. Reallexikon D Assyriologie. p. 164. 
  3. ↑ Erich Ebeling,Bruno Meissner,Ernst Weidner,Dietz Otto Edzard. Reallexikon D Assyriologie. p. 164. 
  4. ↑ Akadémiai Kiadó. Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. p. 7+27. 
  5. ↑ Donald John Wiseman. The Alalakh tablets. p. 43. 
  6. ↑ George E. Mendenhall,Herbert Bardwell Huffmon,Frank A. Spina,Alberto Ravinell Whitney Green. The Quest for the Kingdom of God: Studies in Honor of George E. Mendenhall. p. 200. 
  7. ↑ Douglas Frayne. Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 BC). p. 795. 
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