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

Lauinger, Jacob

 
9781628376135: The Labors of Idrimi: Inscribing the Past, Shaping the Present at Late Bronze Age Alalah
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1628376139 ISBN 13: 9781628376135
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.

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Publisher
Society of Biblical Literature
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1628376139
ISBN 13 
9781628376135
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
356