Ebla and Its Archives : : Texts, History, and Society / / Alfonso Archi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2015 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Archi, Alfonso,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER) , 7
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (854 p.)

The cuneiform tablets from Ebla (3rd millenium BC) attest to the most ancient Semitic language and provide insight into a period in the history and religion of Syria that was previously unknown. The restoration, interpretation, and classification of these tablets has taken more than thirty years. This volume presents a collection of 49 essays from one of the foremost experts on Ebla and its broader ancient context and includes important studies on the language, society, political relations, and religion of this ancient Near Eastern city-state.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Publications of Alfonso Archi concerning Ebla -- Part I. History, Language, and Texts -- 1. Syria and Mesopotamia Before the Akkadian Dynasty: Geopolitical Relations -- 2. History of Syria in the Third Millennium: the Written Sources -- 3. Eblaite in its Geographical and Historical Context -- 4. Prepositions at Ebla -- 5. The Archives of Ebla -- 6. Chronologie relative des archives d’Ébla -- Part II. Society and Economy -- 7. Les titres de en et lugal à Ébla et des cadeaux pour le Roi de Kiš -- 8. Zur Organisation der Arbeit in Ebla -- 9. kíd-sag “Gatekeeper” -- 10. Prices, Workers’ Wages and Maintenance at Ebla -- 11. Gifts at Ebla -- 12. The Steward and his Jar -- 13. Trade and Administrative Practice: The Case of Ebla -- 14. The Business of Mr. Iram-malik -- 15. “Debt” in an Archaic Palatial Economy: The Evidence from Ebla -- 16. Rank at the Court of Ebla -- 17. The Role of Women in the Society of Ebla -- 18. Men at War in the Ebla Period -- 19. Two Heads for the King of Ebla -- 20. Lists of Tools -- 21. Considerations on a Delivery of Spearheads from Ebla -- 22. Clothes in Ebla -- 23. Cereals at Ebla -- 24. Culture de l’olivier et production de l’huile à Èbla -- Part III. Political Relations -- 25. Mardu in the Ebla Texts -- 26. Alalaḫ al tempo del regno di Ebla -- 27. Imar au IIIème millénaire d’après les archives d’Ébla -- 28. Tuttul-sur-Baliḫ à l’âge d’Ébla -- 29. Harran in the III Millennium BC -- 30. La ville d’Arbasal -- 31. Ḫaššum/Ḫassuwan and Uršum/Uršaʾum from the Point of View of Ebla -- 32. In Search of Armi -- 33. More on Ebla and Kiš -- Part IV. Religion -- 34. Ritualization at Ebla -- 35. Cult of the Ancestors and Funerary Practices at Ebla -- 36. Hadda of Ḫalab and his Temple in the Ebla Period -- 37. Studies in the Pantheon of Ebla -- 38. Studies in the Pantheon of Ebla, II -- 39. The Cultic Journey of the God Hadabal -- 40. The God Dagan in the Early and Middle Bronze Periods -- 41. Šalaš Consort of Dagan and Kumarbi -- 42. Il in the Personal Names -- 43. The God Ḥay(y)a (Ea/Enki) at Ebla -- 44. Divinités sémitiques et divinités de substrat: le cas d’Išḫara et d’Ištar à Ébla -- 45. Divination at Ebla -- 46. The high Priestess, dam-dingir, at Ebla -- 47. The Stele (na-rú) in the Ebla Documents -- Part V. Silver and Gold -- 48. Circulation d’objects en métal précieux de poids standardisé à Ébla -- 49. The Head of Kura – the Head of Hadabal -- 50. Jewels for the Ladies of Ebla -- Bibliography -- Indexes of discussed names, terms and texts