| Indilimma | |
|---|---|
 Indilimma's son Maratewari (left) receiving anankh from a Yamhadite god | |
| King of Ebla | |
| Reign | around 1600 BCE |
| Successor | office abolished |
| Issue | Maratewari |
Indilimma, previously readIndilimgur,[1] was likely the last king ofEbla, in modernSyria, reigning around 1600 BCE.
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Indilimma was the son of Sir-Damu according to a seal of his discovered in Cilicia.[2] He is also known from severaljars bearing the impression of acylinder seal of his son, thecrown prince Maratewari.[1] The seal impressions are of high quality and show inspirations from the art of the kingdom ofYamhad. On the seals, Indilimma's son is depicted while receiving life (in the form of anancient Egyptianankh symbol) by the Yamhadite deitiesHadad andHebat.[3]
The fact that these jars were found within thearchaeological context of the final destruction of Ebla, which occurred around 1600 BCE by the hands of theHittite kingMursili I, suggested to Paolo Matthiae that Maratewari had no time to become king and that his father Indilimma was indeed the last ruler of palaeosyrian Ebla.[1] Alfonso Archi argued that Maratewari (whose name reading is not certain and Archi gives it asMemal...arri) was the last king and noted that Maratewari was not mentioned as king on his seal but neither was Indilimma on his seal from Cilicia. For Archi, the lack of the royal title does not mean that both father and son were not kings, but it is just a sign of subordination toYamhad, the hegemonic kingdom of Northern Syria during the seventeenth century BCE.[2] Indilimma's name also appears on a legal document found in the western palace at Ebla.[1]
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