Ebla and its archives : texts, history, and society / by Alfonso Archi.

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Archi, Alfonso [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER)Publisher: Boston : De Gruyter, 2015Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781614517887
1614517886
9781614517894
1614517894

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ebla and its archives.DDC classification:

939.4/33 23

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DS99.E25 A729 2015

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Contents:

Part I. History, language, and texts -- Part II. Society and economy -- Part III. Political relations -- Part IV. Religion -- Part V. Silver and gold.

Summary: The roughly 5,000 cuneiform tablets from Ebla (3rd millennium BC) attest to the oldest Semitic language and provide insight into a period in the history of Syria that was previously unknown. Their restoration, interpretation, and classification has taken more than thirty years. The essays collected in this volume offer important insight into the history and culture of this ancient Near Eastern city-state.

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Part I. History, language, and texts -- Part II. Society and economy -- Part III. Political relations -- Part IV. Religion -- Part V. Silver and gold.

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The roughly 5,000 cuneiform tablets from Ebla (3rd millennium BC) attest to the oldest Semitic language and provide insight into a period in the history of Syria that was previously unknown. Their restoration, interpretation, and classification has taken more than thirty years. The essays collected in this volume offer important insight into the history and culture of this ancient Near Eastern city-state.

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