Yahdul-Lim was a king of

Carchemish Carchemish ( Turkish: ''Karkamış''; or ), also spelled Karkemish ( hit, ; Hieroglyphic Luwian: , /; Akkadian: ; Egyptian: ; Hebrew: ) was an important ancient capital in the northern part of the region of Syria. At times during i ...

proposed to have reigned between 1764 and 1745 BCE. During this period, the information about Carchemish mostly comes from the archives of Mari, Syria.Archived version
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Aplahanda Aplahanda was a king of Carchemish proposed to have reigned between 1786 and 1766 BCE. He was first known from a cylinder seal translated by Rene Dussaud in 1929. The seal was found at the base of the mound of Ugarit before excavations began. A ...

, he succeeded his brother

Yatar-Ami Yatar-Ami was a king of Carchemish proposed to have reigned between 1766 and 1764 BCE. Son of Aplahanda, he enjoyed a brief reign of only two years before being succeeded by Yahdun-Lim. He is known to have continued the profitable lumber ...

. Little is known about his reign. Yatar-Ami (ca 1766-1764 BC), may have been a client of Mari. Yahdul-Lim, on the other hand, may have returned back to an alliance with Yamhad (Aleppo). This probably happened after Hammurabi conquered Mari ca 1761 BC. Thereafter the history of Carchemish is unknown for a considerable time.

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{{end box 18th-century BC rulers Kings of Carchemish