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Ibiranu

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Ibiranu
King of Ugarit
King of Ugarit
Reignc. 1230-1220s BC
PredecessorAmmittamru II
SuccessorNiqmaddu III
Diedc. 1220s BC
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Ibiranu (reigned c. 1235 BC – c. 1225/20 BC) was the sixth king of Ugarit, a city-state in northwestern Syria.[1]

Reign

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Ibiranu reigned between c. 1235 and 1225/20 BC, and was a contemporary of Tudhaliya IV and Arnuwanda III of Hatti. As a vassal state of Hatti the king was answerable to the viceroy at Carchemish.[2][3][4]

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Citations

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  1. ^ Watson, 1999, p. 681
  2. ^ Leick, 1999, p. 75
  3. ^ Bryce, 2003, pp. 215–217
  4. ^ Watson, 1999, p. 686

Bibliography

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  • Watson, Wilfred G. E. (1999). Handbuch der Orientalistik. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-10988-9.
  • Leick, Gwendolyn (1999). Who's who in the Ancient Near East. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-13230-5.
  • Bryce, Trevor (2003). Letters of the great kings of the ancient Near East: the royal correspondence of the late Bronze Age. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-25857-9.