2nd-millennium BC deaths

King of Kussara

Pitḫana (Pythanas) was a Middle Bronze Age king, during the late 18th century BC (middle chronology), of the Anatolian city of Kuššara, and a forerunner of the later Hittite dynasty.

Egyptian pharaoh of the 13th Dynasty

Maaibre Sheshi (also Sheshy) was a ruler of areas of Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period. The dynasty, chronological position, duration and extent of his reign are uncertain and subject to ongoing debate. The difficulty of identification is mirrored by problems in determining events from the end of the Middle Kingdom to the arrival of the Hyksos in Egypt. Nonetheless, Sheshi is, in terms of the number of artifacts attributed to him, the best-attested king of the period spanning the end of the Middle Kingdom and the Second Intermediate period; roughly from c. 1800 BC until 1550 BC. Hund

Woseribre Senebkay (alternatively Seneb Kay) was an ancient Egyptian king during the Second Intermediate Period. He is thought to have reigned somewhere between 1650 and 1600 BCE. The discovery of his tomb in January 2014 supports the existence of an independent Abydos Dynasty, contemporary with the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Dynasties during the Second Intermediate Period.

Neferuptah or Ptahneferu (“Beauty of Ptah”) was a daughter of the Egyptian king Amenemhat III of the 12th Dynasty. Her sister was the female Pharaoh Sobekneferu (“Beauty of Sobek”).

Map showing where Piyusti ruled before he was defeated.|280px|thumb Piyusti or Piyušti was a king of Hattusa during the 17th century BC (short chronology). He is mentioned in the Anitta text as being defeated by Anitta on at least two occasions.

Assyrian king

Sebkay (alternatively Sebekay or Sebekāi) was an ancient Egyptian king during the Second Intermediate Period. For a long time his position created problems and he was most often placed into the 13th Dynasty. However, the discovery of the tomb of a king with the name Senebkay make it very likely that Sebkay is identical with the latter and the writing of the name Sebkay is just a misspelling of the name.

thumb|An exquisite necklace of Princess Khenmet from Dashur thumb|Princess Khenmet's necklace from her burial thumb|Princess Khenmet's necklace thumb|left|200px|Princess Khenmet's crown in the Egyptian Museum

Nubhetepti-khered was an ancient Egyptian ''king's daughter'' of the late 12th Dynasty or early 13th Dynasty in the late Middle Kingdom.

ancient Egyptian architect

Niqmi-Epuḫ, also given as Niqmepa (reigned - Middle chronology) was the king of Yamḫad (Halab) succeeding his father Yarim-Lim II.

Keminub () was an ancient Egyptian queen with the title ''king's wife''. She lived during the Late 12th Dynasty or Early 13th Dynasty of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom.

Amorite great King of Yamhad

mummified woman found in China

Ea-nāṣir ( ) was a Mesopotamian copper merchant from Ur during the Bronze Age. He was a member of a guild of traders based in Dilmun and was active during the 11th and 19th regnal years of Rim-Sîn I, who ruled Larsa in Sumer. As a vendor of copper ingots originating in Magan, Ea-nāṣir is most recognized for being the addressee of the oldest known written complaint, which was authored around 1750 BC by a customer named Nanni, who expresses dissatisfaction with the quality of the ingots and takes offense at how his servant was treated by Ea-nāṣir during the transaction.

Ahaha () was an ancient Assyrian investor and one of the earliest documented businesswomen in history. She is known for falling victim to financial fraud and pleading to her brother to retrieve stolen silver for her. It is unknown if her pleas were answered.

mummy

ancient Egyptian queen

Hathorhotep was an ancient Egyptian ''king's daughter'' at the end of the Twelfth Dynasty during the Middle Kingdom. Her father might have been Amenemhat III.

king of Alalakh

Senetsenebtysy () was an ancient Egyptian ''king's daughter'' of the Twelfth Dynasty. She was most likely a daughter of king Senusret III.

thumb|The middle coffin of Senebtisi as found in her tomb in 1907 thumb|Beadwork apron of Senebtisi Senebtisi () was an ancient Egyptian woman who lived at the end of the 12th Dynasty. She is only known from her undisturbed burial found at Lisht.

Egyptian dignitary

ancient Egyptian high steward

ancient Egyptian king's wife and king's mother

thumb|right|The Hurrian foundation pegs|Louvre lion of Tish-atal and accompanying stone tablet bearing the earliest known text in Hurrian Tish-atal (Hurrian ) (fl. c. 21st century BC) was endan of Urkesh during the Third Dynasty of Ur. He was one of the earliest known Hurrian rulers, but the archaeological record is fragmentary for this period, and no precise date can be ascribed to his reign.

Ikūn-pî-Ištar, meaning “Ištar's word has come true” and inscribed [i-k]u-un-pi4-eš4-tár, () was a Mesopotamian king of uncertain jurisdiction. Thorkild Jacobsen suggested Uruk, presumably preceding Sîn-kāšid, contemporary with the latter part of the 1st Dynasty of Isin.

Shang tribe leader

ancient Egyptian vizier

Shang tribe leader