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    The Statue of Idrimi is an important ancient Middle Eastern sculpture found at the site of Alalakh by the British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley in...
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    Idrimi (meaning "It is my help") was the king of Alalakh c. 1490–1465 BC, or around 1450 BC. He is known, mainly, from an inscription on his statue found...
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    Alalakh (category Geography of Hatay Province)
    the founding of this dynasty comes from a statue inscribed with what seems to be an autobiography of the dynasty's founding king, Idrimi. According to...
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    Canaan (redirect from Land of canaan)
    found on the Alalakh statue of King Idrimi (below). A reference to Ammiya being "in the land of Canaan" is found on the Statue of Idrimi (16th century BC)...
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    Leonard Woolley (category Alumni of New College, Oxford)
    Among their finds was the inscribed statue of Idrimi, a king of Alalakh c. early 15th century BC. Woolley was one of the first archaeologists to propose...
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    written description and brief sketch of an Indian rhinoceros brought to Lisbon in 1515. Later that year, the King of Portugal, Manuel I, sent the animal...
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    Mitanni (redirect from Kingdom of Mitannia)
    "Statue of Idrimi", in The Electronic Idrimi, Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC): "...(1) I am Idrimi, the son of Ilī-ilimma, a servant of...
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    jewellery found at the Canaanite site of Tell el-Ajjul in Gaza, (1750–1550 BC) Statue of Idrimi from the ancient city of Alalakh, southern Turkey, (1600 BC)...
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  • (Long) Before Pharaoh Merenptah? A fresh look at Berlin statue pedestal relief 21687". Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections. 2 (4). doi:10...
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    The department also has three diorite statues of the ruler Gudea from the ancient state of Lagash and a series of limestone kudurru or boundary stones...
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