TY - BOOK ID - 3520021 TI - Ebla and its archives : texts, history, and society PY - 2015 VL - 7 SN - 21614415 SN - 9781614517160 1614517169 PB - Boston : De Gruyter, DB - UniCat KW - Cuneiform tablets KW - Ebla tablets KW - Ebla (Extinct city) KW - Ebla tablets. KW - Cuneiform tablets - Syria - Ebla (Extinct city) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3520021 AB - The cuneiform tablets from Ebla (3rd millennium 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 of49 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. ER -