 The oldest excavated building described as "Hilani" by its excavator Sir Leonard Woolley is a palace in level IV at Alalakh dated to the 15th century BCE.The palace is thought to have been built by Niqmepa, a son of Idrimi of the royal family of the Amorite state of Yamhad based in Halab.A building at the citadel (Büyükkale) of the Hittite capital Hattusa may also have been of the hilani type.