Life and Death in Nabada

Bretschneider, Joachim

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“…It was in the kingdom of Nagar (modern Tell Brak). See Bretschneider 2005, 57, Sallaberger & Ur 2004, 65-69, etc., see Eidem 1998. − More than fifteen thousand ED documents, which were discovered at Tell Mardıkh (ancient Ebla), are being published, mainly in two series, Archivi Reali de Ebla Testi ( = ARET), Naple, and Materali Epigrafici di Ebla ( = MEE), Rome.…”

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Additional Early Dynastic Tablets Possibly from Mari

Horioka

2009

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Notwithstanding the fact that Mari (Tell Harırı) flourished throughout the Early Dynastic period, the number of Mari's administrative documents is extremely meagre. This is surprising because more than fifteen thousand tablets and fragments from the Early Dynastic period have been unearthed − at Ebla (Tell Mardıkh), which shared a close political relationship with Mari. To date, we know of only forty-two of Mari's administrative tablets, made available through the publications of D. Charpin. These tablets may be dated to the reign of King Ip-LUL-Il. The eight clay tablets (Nos. 1-8) that I publish in this paper will partly compensate for the lack of evidence surrounding the administrative and economic aspects of Early Dynastic Mari. This is because these texts clearly show a close relationship with the Mari documents in three respects. Firstly, identical calendar systems, system of dates, and capacity measurements have been found in both sets of documents. Secondly, the terminology and cuneiform signs for 'donkeys' used in the Mari documents are almost identical to those adopted in Nos. 3 and 4 presented here. Thirdly, both No. 3 and one of the Mari documents chronicle the existence of a workers' group with highly similar composition. Thus, it is highly probable that people of both groups worked for the same public institution.

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