TY - BOOK ID - 78373628 TI - Ebla and its archives PY - 2015 SN - 1614517886 1614519382 9781614517887 9781614517894 1614517894 9781614517160 1614517169 9781614519386 PB - Boston DB - UniCat KW - Cuneiform tablets KW - Tablets, Cuneiform KW - Clay tablets KW - Cuneiform writing KW - Ebla tablets. KW - Tablets of Ebla KW - Ebla (Extinct city) KW - Ebla (Ancient city) KW - Ibla (Extinct city) KW - Mardikh, Tall KW - Mardikh, Tall (Syria) KW - Tall Mardikh (Syria) KW - Tell Mardikh (Syria) KW - Syria KW - Antiquities KW - Ebla. KW - Syrian history. KW - ancient oriental religion. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78373628 AB - 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. ER -