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Ebla Tablets is the name used for sun-baked mud tablets found at the ancient kingdom of Ebla. An estimated 16,000 to 20,000 tablets and fragments have been discovered. | Ebla Tablets is the name used for sun-baked mud tablets found at the ancient kingdom of Ebla. An estimated 16,000 to 20,000 tablets and fragments have been discovered. | ||
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| + | ==Discovery of ebla== | ||
| + | A very large tell known as [[Tell Mardikh]] in Syria was excavated, starting in 1964, by a team of Italian archaeologists from the University of Rome La Sapienza. Paolo Matthiae was the chief excavator. Test excavations on several locations confirmed that there was indeed an ancient town buried under this tell. | ||
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| + | The first breakthrough about the identity of the town came when in 1968 they discovered a statue dedicated to the godess Ishtar. The inscription mentioned the name of Ibbit-Lim as the king of Ebla. | ||
Revision as of 17:42, July 4, 2014
Ebla Tablets is the name used for sun-baked mud tablets found at the ancient kingdom of Ebla. An estimated 16,000 to 20,000 tablets and fragments have been discovered.
Discovery of ebla
A very large tell known as Tell Mardikh in Syria was excavated, starting in 1964, by a team of Italian archaeologists from the University of Rome La Sapienza. Paolo Matthiae was the chief excavator. Test excavations on several locations confirmed that there was indeed an ancient town buried under this tell.
The first breakthrough about the identity of the town came when in 1968 they discovered a statue dedicated to the godess Ishtar. The inscription mentioned the name of Ibbit-Lim as the king of Ebla.