The Labors of Idrimi: Inscribing the Past, Shaping the Present at Late Bronze Age Alalah - Hardcover

Lauinger, Jacob

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0884145670 ISBN 13: 9780884145677

Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature, 2024

Synopsis

Since the 1949 publication of the Late Bronze inscriptions on the Statue of Idrimi, scholars have debated the significance of the carefully structured and vividly detailed cuneiform text that recounts the rise of King Idrimi of Alalah. Jacob Lauinger significantly advances prior scholarship through an in-depth historical analysis that combines textual and material perspectives on both the statue and the inscriptions. His study reveals how two distinct inscriptions were added to an originally anepigraphic statue to advance a claim about royal legitimacy long after Idrimi's death during a time of political upheaval at Alalah.

Edition details

• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0884145670
• ISBN 13: 9780884145677
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 356