Abimilki
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Abimilki (Amorite: π½πππ π , LΓa-bi-mil-ki, ΚΎabΔ« milki) around 1347 BC held the rank of Prince of Tyre (called "Surru" in the letters), during the period of the Amarna letters correspondence (1360β1332 BC). He is the author of ten letters to the Egyptian pharaoh, EA 146β155 (EA for 'el Amarna'). In letter EA 147, Pharaoh Akhenaten confirmed him as ruler of Tyre upon the death of his father, and in EA 149, referred to him with the rank of rabisu (general).
Abimilki is not referenced by name in any other letters of the 382-letter corpus. His name has been linked with the biblical Abimelech. His name means "My father (is) king."