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- Title
THE BOOKSHELVES OF ANCIENT EBLA: Cuneiform tablets preserved in the fire that devastated the Mesopotamian city of Ebla offer an extraordinary insight into life 4,000 years ago.
- Authors
Pyne, Lydia
- Abstract
The article focuses on the bookshelves of the ancient city of Ebla which contained cuneiform tablet preserved in the fire that devastated the city in 2,300 BCE. It states that the bookshelves were unearthed by a team of archaeologists led by Paolo Matthiae during the 1975 excavations. It also mentions that translations of these tablets offer clues about everyday life in the city.
- Subjects
EBLA (Extinct city); SYRIA; CUNEIFORM tablets; LIBRARY shelving; CLAY tablets; MATTHIAE, Paolo; ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations
- Publication
History Today, 2018, Vol 68, Issue 1, p72
- ISSN
0018-2753
- Publication type
Article