Studia Eblaitica Volume 5: Studies on the Archaeology, History, and Philology of Ancient Syria

The aim of this new international journal is to contribute to developing the study of the interpretation and understanding of the ancient cultures of Syria, remaining as open as possible to the different methodologies and problems that characterize present-day research. Thanks to the generous policy of international collaboration pursued by the cultural authorities of the Syrian Arab Republic, the increase in archaeological research in Syria, particularly from the 1970s on, opened up a series of new perspectives on the study of ancient Syria. The discovery of the Royal Archives of Ebla was decisive in this renaissance, as well as the role that Ebla played in establishing the very foundations of cultural development in ancient Syria. This project originates at a time of serious crisis for Syria, whose plight does not even spare the country's magnificent, thousand-year-old cultural heritage. It is also intended as the strongest of hopes for a not-too-distant future of peace, prosperity, harmony and justice for the whole of the Syrian people. Ancient Near Eastern Studies Cover -1 Titel 2 Imprint 3 Contents 4 ALFONSO ARCHI Rome Wars at the Time of Irkab-damu, King of Ebla 8 Amalia CATAGNOTI University of Florence The Subdivision of the Month at Ebla According to the Liturgical Calendar TM.75.G.12287+ and the Royal Rituals (ARET XI 1–3) 22 Valentina TUMOLO Durham University The Early Bronze Age Seal Impressions on Jars from Ḫirbet ez-Zeraqōn. Preliminary Remarks on Pottery and Images 42 Paolo MATTHIAE Sapienza University of Rome The Middle Bronze Palaces at Ebla: Architectural Spaces and Administrative Functions* 64 Silvana DI PAOLO National Council of Research, Rome Isolated Monuments in Highly Urbanised Landscapes: The Farayji Stela in Central-Western Syria 98 Stefano DE MARTINO University of Turin The Hurrian Song of Release and the Fall of Ebla 130 Jesse Michael MILLEK Destruction at the End of the Late Bronze Age in Syria: A Reassessment 164 Short Notes 198 1. Alfonso Archi (Rome), ‚An Addendum‘ to ARET XX 24. 198 2. Davide Nadali (Sapienza Università di Roma), ‚The Seal of Ishqi-Mari: Does It Represent the Defeat of Ebla?‘ 201 3. Paolo Matthiae (Sapienza University of Rome), ‚The Winged Deity of the Old Syrian Cylinder Seal BM 89707 (CLS 15)‘ 208 4. Paolo Matthiae (Sapienza University of Rome), ‚Again on the Limestone Carved Basin of Temple N of Ebla.‘ 214 Reviews 220 Elisa Roßberger, ‚Schmuck für Lebende und Tote. Form und Funktion des Schmuckinventars der Königsgruft von Qaṭna in seinem soziokulturellen Umfeld‘(Qaṭna Studien. Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen 4) (S. Di Paolo) 220 Arabic Abstracts 232 Page 1 232 Page 2 231 Page 3 230 Page 4 229 Page 5 228 Page 6 227 Page 7 226