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statue
Object Type
statue
Museum number
130738
Title
Object:
The Statue of Idrimi
Description
Statue of Idrimi, king of Alalakh; carved magnesite with glass eyes set into the eye-sockets; glass heavily weathered; inscription.
Production date
15th Century BC
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Sir Leonard Woolley
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Tell Atchana
Materials
magnesite
glass
(eyes)
Technique
carved
inlaid
(eyes)
Dimensions
Diameter:
59.69 centimetres
Height:
63.50 centimetres
(throne)
Height:
104.14 centimetres
Width:
48.26 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Part of 1939,0613.102 (BM.130739).
Bibliographic references
ILN 1939a / Hidden in perilous times: the broken statue of a Hittite king
(p. 869, figs 9-12)
(includes in situ views)
Maloigne 2017 / How Idrimi came to London: Diplomacy and the division of archaeological finds in the 1930s
Location
On display
(G57)
Exhibition history
Exhibited: Room 57: Ancient Syria [Syrian Room], Easter 1982-.
Subjects
king/queen
Associated names
Representation of:
Idrimi
Associated with:
Sharruwa
Acquisition date
1939
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
130738
Registration number
1939,0613.101
Conservation
Treatment
: 11 Nov 1993
Treatment
: 06 Sep 1991
Treatment
: 23 Oct 2009
Treatment
: 16 Jul 1998
Treatment