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Ahatmilku (fl. 1265 BCE) was a princess of Amurru, who became queen of Ugarit through marriage.
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Ahatmilku was a wife of the King Niqmepa of Ugarit and daughter-in-law of Niqmaddu II. She held great wealth and influence.
She supported her youngest son Ammittamru II’s succession to the throne after the death of her husband. She banished two of her sons to Cyprus, when they contested this, but made sure they had sufficient supplies.