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large mound of 140 acres and 50 feet high, located in the vicinity of the modern Arab village of Mardikh in Northern Syria, attracted the attention of many archaeologists in the past, yet the mound resisted identification (Matthiae 1980: 16-39; Pettinato 1981a: 20-21). It was only after a decade of excavation of the site by a team from the University of Rome (Matthiae 1980: 40-61; Pettinato 1981a: 23-28) that, in 1968, its name appeared in an inscription on the torso of a headless statue and this barren tell was identified as the site of the ancient city of Ebla, which Sargon, founder of the Old Akkadian dynasty, and his grandson Naram-Sin proudly claimed to have conquered and to have put to the torch (Hirsch 1963: 38 and 75 and following; Pettinato 1981a: 14-19; 1980a). Tell Mardikh is located about 42 miles south of Aleppo on the road to Hamath in the northern Syrian plateau, roughly midway between the Euphrates river and the Mediterranean Sea. Its geographical location on one of the main arteries of caravan traffic made Ebla a center of trade and political power in ancient times, open to Mesopotamia on one side and on the other to the Great Sea and its coasts as far as Egypt. Th

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Author

Lorenzo Viganò and Dennis Pardee

Published

1984

Language

EN

Field

Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)