Amut-piʾel II
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| title = King of Qatna
| name = Amut-pi'el
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| succession =
| reign = {{circa|1772|1762 BC}} (MC)
| predecessor = Ishi-Addu
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| birth_date =
| birth_place = Qatna
| death_date = {{circa|1750}} BC
| death_place = Qatna
| issue = Jaḫad-Abum
}}
Amut-piʾel II was a king of Qatna in the 18th century BC, during the Middle Bronze IIA.
Family
He was the son of king Ishi-Addu,{{sfn|Van Koppen|2015|p=89}} and his own son and crown prince was named Jaḫad-Abum but it is not known if this heir succeeded due to lack of sources.{{sfn|Van Koppen|2015|p=92}}
Reign
{{Quote box|width=30em|align=right|quote="There is no king who is mighty by himself. Ten or fifteen kings follow Hammurabi the ruler of Babylon, a like number of Rim-Sin of Larsa, a like number of Ibal-pi-el of Eshnunna, a like number of Amut-piʾel of Qatanum, but twenty follow Yarim-Lim of Yamhad."|source= A tablet sent to Zimri-Lim of Mari, showing that Amut-piʾel had 10-15 vassal kings.{{sfn|Dalley|2002|p=44}}}}
His reign is attested in the archive of Mari between c. 1772-1762 BC,{{sfn|Van Koppen|2015|p=89}} after which, Mari was destroyed by Hammurabi of Babylon (r. 1792-1750 BC) and no more information is known about Amut-piʾel.{{sfn|Van Koppen|2015|p=91}} Amut-piʾel II visited Ugarit and met the king of Mari in year 8 of Zimri-Lim's reign.{{sfn|Pappi|2012|p=585, 586}}
He was contemporary with Yarim-Lim of Yamhad (r. 1780-1764 BC), Zimri-Lim of Mari, Hammurabi of Babylon (r. 1792-1750 BC), Ibal-pi-el of Eshnunna (r. 1779-1765 BC), and Rim-Sin I of Larsa (r. 1822-1763 BC).
References
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- {{cite book|url=https://www.academia.edu/1563955|last=Pappi|first= Cinzia|editor-first= Gernot|editor-last=Wilhelm|year= 2012|title=Organization, Representation, and Symbols of Power in the Ancient Near East. Proceedings of the 54th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale at Würzburg 20–25 July 2008|chapter=Religion and Politics at the Divine Table: the Cultic Travels of Zimrī-Līm|publisher= Eisenbrauns|series=Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale - RAI|volume=54|isbn= 978-1-575-06245-7}}
- {{cite book|first=Stephanie|last=Dalley|title=Mari and Karana, Two Old Babylonian Cities|year=2002|orig-year=1984|edition=2|publisher=Gorgias Press|isbn=978-1-931956-02-4}}
- {{cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/12137231|last=Van Koppen|first= Frans|language= de|editor-first= Peter|editor-last=Pfälzner|year= 2015|title= Qaṭna in altsyrischer Zeit|journal= Qaṭna Studien Supplementa: Übergreifende und vergleichende Forschungsaktivitäten des Qaṭna-Projekts der Universität Tübingen|publisher=Harrassowitz Verlag|volume=2: Qaṭna and the Networks of Bronze Age Globalism. Proceedings of an International Conference in Stuttgart and Tübingen in October 2009|issn=2195-4305|isbn= 978-3-447-10350-3}}
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Category:18th-century BC monarchs
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