 Though the exact date of his accession to the throne of Ugarit is unknown, he might be a contemporary of both Akhenaten and Tutankhamun the Hittite ruler Shuppiluliuma I, and was a vassal of the latter.He had good relations with Egypt, and conceded to the Amorites in a dispute over the Shiyannu region early in his reign.He commissioned the Baal cycle about the god Haddu/Ba'al, and had a son, Niqmepa.