Ahatmilku

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Ahatmilku (fl.1265 BCE) was a princess of Amurru, who became queen of Ugarit through marriage.

Life

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]

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