Saturday, 3 October 2026

Statue of Idrimi, King of Alalakh, with an autobiographical inscription on his robe

Seated stone statue of a bearded man in a cap with large eyes, his robe covered in cuneiform, with a display case of pottery behind.

King Idrimi of Alalakh has been extremely tense for 3,500 years, as though disturbed at an inconvenient moment. And his face seems to say more than the autobiographical text inscribed across his robe

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