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The archives of Ebba: an empire inscribed in clay

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Pettinato was writing this book as the dust settles so to speak. It was published only a few years after the archive library was discovered at Tell Mardikh, Syria where he served as the mission's epigrapher. Pettinato claims he is not offering any conclusions about the find, only uncertainties. Reading through it though he does seems to be offering conclusions which are obvious according to the texts.
This work largely defines the importance of this "bomb-shell" literary find for the study of the Ancient Near East. For example, it was not believed that Canaanites existed at this level of civilization that early in history. Their level of literacy was thought to be non-existent, yet we found the oldest encyclopedias, bilingual dictionaries, and even evidence that international gatherings of scribes converged on Ebla to advance their collective knowledge.

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939.4 PET a

Z. HANDIMAN

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939.4 PET a

Publisher

Garden City : Doubleday., 1981

Collation

xvi,347p.; 24 cm.

Language

English

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0-385-13152-6

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939.4

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CITIES AND TOWNS - NEAR EAST

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