Rib-Hadda
Sign in to saveRib-Hadda (also rendered Rib-Addi, Rib-Addu, Rib-Adda) was king of Byblos during the mid fourteenth century BCE. He is the author of some sixty of the Amarna letters all to Akhenaten. His name is Akkadian in form and may invoke the Northwest Semitic god Hadad, though his letters invoke only Ba'alat Gubla, the "Lady of Byblos" (probably another name for Asherah).
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- Royalty.name
- Rib-Hadda
- Royalty.title
- King of Byblos
- Royalty.reign
- c. 1350 BC
- Royalty.successor
- Ilirabih (brother)
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Occupation
- head of state
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- date of death
- 1400-00-00
- date of birth
- 1400-00-00
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Rib-Hadda (also rendered Rib-Addi, Rib-Addu, Rib-Adda) was king of Byblos during the mid fourteenth century BCE. He is the author of some sixty of the Amarna letters all to Akhenaten. His name is Akkadian in form and may invoke the Northwest Semitic god Hadad, though his letters invoke only Ba'alat Gubla, the "Lady of Byblos" (probably another name for Asherah).
thumb|left|Letter Amarna letter EA 362|EA 362 written by Rib-Hadda to Pharaoh, one of the Amarna letters, Louvre Museum
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