Late Bronze Age, Syrian, 16th century BC. From Tell Atchana (ancient Alalakh), Turkey. A statue of a king of Alalakh, covered with his biography in cuneiform. This extraordinary statue represents Idrimi, a king of Alalakh. It was discovered by the excavator Leonard Woolley in the ruins of a temple at the site of Tell Atchana (ancient Alalakh). The statue is inscribed in Akkadian, using a cuneiform script, with an autobiography of Idrimi.
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Late Bronze Age, Syrian, 16th century BC. From Tell Atchana (ancient Alalakh), Turkey. A statue of a king of Alalakh, covered with his biography in cuneiform. This extraordinary statue represents Idrimi, a king of Alalakh. It was discovered by the excavator Leonard Woolley in the ruins of a temple at the site of Tell Atchana (ancient Alalakh). The statue is inscribed in Akkadian, using a cuneiform script, with an autobiography of Idrimi.