Ammurapi
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Attestations
He wrote a preserved vivid letter RS 18.147 (Nougayrol et al. (1968 Ugaritica V): 87-9 no. 24)Template:Clarify in response to a plea for assistance from the king of Alashiya.Template:Sfn
Ammurapi wrote: Template:Quote
This letter dramatically highlights the desperate situation facing Ugarit while it was also under attack by the invading Sea Peoples.
Divorce
Suppiluliuma II was responsible for the divorce settlement between Ammurapi and a Hittite woman,[1][2] but it did not cause a problem between the Kingdom of Ugarit and the Hittite Empire;Template:Sfn instead it demonstrated the relationship between both kingdoms.Template:Sfn
Bronze Age Collapse
Ammurapi is the last known ruler of Ugarit. The city may have been destroyed around 1192-1190 BC.[3] Ugarit would become one of the many states of the ancient Near East that were destroyed or abandoned during the Bronze Age collapse.
References
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Bibliography
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- â RS 17.226, 17.355 (PRU iv 208-210, Dossier VIII A.)
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- â Kaniewski, David & Campo, Elise & Van Lerberghe, Karel & Boiy, Tom & Vansteenhuyse, Klaas & Jans, Greta & Nys, Karin & Weiss, Harvey & Otto, Thierry & Bretschneider, Joachim. (2011). The Sea Peoples, from Cuneiform Tablets to Carbon Dating. PloS one. 6. e20232. 10.1371/journal.pone.0020232.