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Ebla Archives — Semitic Names and Biblical Cities

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Author: Scribes du royaume d'Ebla (c. 2400–2300 av. J.-C.)
Date: c. 2400–2300 av. J.-C.
Preservation: Musée national d'Idlib (Syrie), Université de Rome « La Sapienza »

deposited on April 16, 2026 · History register · custodian, not owner

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The Ebla archives, some 17,000 cuneiform tablets discovered in Syria, attest to a brilliant Semitic civilization a millennium before Abraham, with personal names and toponyms that overlap with biblical geography and onomastics.

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The Ebla archives, some 17,000 cuneiform tablets discovered in Syria, attest to a brilliant Semitic civilization a millennium before Abraham, with personal names and toponyms that overlap with biblical geography and onomastics.

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