Amut-piʾel II

Amut-piʾel II was a king of Qatna in the 18th century BC, during the Middle Bronze IIA.

Amut-pi'el
King of Qatna
Reign	c. 1772 – c. 1762 BC (MC)
Predecessor	Ishi-Addu
Born	Qatna
Died	c. 1750 BC Qatna
Issue	Jaḫad-Abum

Family

He was the son of king Ishi-Addu,^[1] 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.^[2]

Reign

"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."

A tablet sent to Zimri-Lim of Mari, showing that Amut-piʾel had 10-15 vassal kings.^[3]

His reign is attested in the archive of Mari between c. 1772-1762 BC,^[1] after which, Mari was destroyed by Hammurabi of Babylon (r. 1792-1750 BC) and no more information is known about Amut-piʾel.^[4] Amut-piʾel II visited Ugarit and met the king of Mari in year 8 of Zimri-Lim's reign.^[5]

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).