Five Tablets from the Southern Wing of Palace G at Ebla (Paperback)
Alfonso Archi
ISBN 10: 0890032777 ISBN 13: 9780890032770
Published by Undena Publications,U.S., 1993
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Paperback. The five tablets published here were discovered during the campaigns of 1982 and 1984 in the southern wing of Palace They represent the most recently discovered epigraphic finds from Ebla. The texts consist of accounts of goods under the control of the palace, deliveries of jars of wine, and deliveries of quantities of damp malt. As all of these tablets were recovered in the same general vicinity, it is suggested that the administrative bureau responsible for the handling of and accounting for wine and malt was located in this area. Of particular interest are the texts that recount the deliveries of wine and malt for they are typologically without parallel in the central archive. All five of these documents are datable to the last period of Ebla. The five tablets published here were discovered during the campaigns of 1982 and 1984 in the southern wing of Palace G at EblaThey represent the most recently discovered epigraphic finds from Ebla, in present-day Syria. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780890032770
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The five tablets published here were discovered during the campaigns of 1982 and 1984 in the southern wing of Palace They represent the most recently discovered epigraphic finds from Ebla. The texts consist of accounts of goods under the control of the palace, deliveries of jars of wine, and deliveries of quantities of damp malt. As all of these tablets were recovered in the same general vicinity, it is suggested that the administrative bureau responsible for the handling of and accounting for wine and malt was located in this area. Of particular interest are the texts that recount the deliveries of wine and malt for they are typologically without parallel in the central archive. All five of these documents are datable to the last period of Ebla.
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Title: Five Tablets from the Southern Wing of ...
Publisher: Undena Publications,U.S.
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new