Mnamon

Ancient writing systems in the Mediterranean

A critical guide to electronic resources

Eblaite

- Second half of the 24th century B.C. - Second half of the 17th century B.C.


List of symbols


The Ebla paleography includes about 400 signs. 

A complete repertoire of Ebla cuneiform signs is not yet available. The signs lists edited by D.O. Edzard and P. Mander refer to the administrative and lexical texts published respectively in ARET II and MEE 3

The work by A. Catagnoti, La paleografia dei testi amministrativi e di cancelleria di Ebla, Quaderni di Semitistica 30, Firenze, 2013, does not deal with the paleography of the lexical lists, on which another study is underway.

 

ḪI 5 VIII 12 u.ö
ḪU 1 I 2 u.ö
ḪÚL 14 XII 7. XVI 13
I 2 X 6, passim.
IB 4 XV 7 u.ö.
IG 4 IV 8 u.ö. Strichform in 8 X 3, s. die Kopie.
IGI 20 VII 1 u.ö.
IL 3 VI 6 u.ö.
ĺL 3 V 1 u.ö.
IM 4 I 3, passim.
IN 2 VIII 8, passim.
IR 1 I 5 u.ö.
ÌR 1 VI 3, passim.
IR1 1 17 I 1 u.ö.

Source: graphic elaboration of: Edzard (1981), p.154

 

Various specific studies about single signs are preliminary to the identification of the hands scribes and of the detection of the diachronic development of the Eblaite graphical system.

 

  KUR UD MI KI GAR
Frühe Texte

M2, 34 usw. (mu-DU) 


M10, 23 (»JAM«)


A11, 1 (Ritual)


StEb 7 (Vieh)





Ibrium, früh


M7, 29 (JAM Ib.1) 

M7, 47 (JAM Ib.3)

A1, 11 (MAT // Ib.1)

M10, 4 (Metall)





Ibium, spät



M2, 1 (mu-DU)

M7, 34 (JAM Ib. 13)

A11, 2 (Ritual)





Ibbi-zikir 4



M10, 29 (JAM IZ 4)

A4, 4 usw. (MAT)





Ibbi-zikir spät


A8, 528 (mu-DU)

A8, 534 (JAM IZ 12)

A8, 525 (MAT)

A9 (Rationen)

Culto n.3 (Vieh)





Source: graphic elaboration of: Sallaberger (2001), p. 441

 

SIGNES IN CURSIVE FORM

A Nr. 155 v. V 8
BĺL Nr. 1 r. IV 5, V 9; 9 r. IX 1 e passim; 10 r. IV 3
EN Nr. 82 r. II 4, III 4, v. I 5
GI Nr. 30 r. I 1; 41 r. I 1; 51 r. I 2 e passim; 56 r.
I 1; 63 r. I 1 e passim
IN Nr. 29 r. II 1
  Nr. 82 v. I 3, III 6; 127 r. I 4
Nr. 30 r. I 1; 41 r. I 1, 2; 63 r. I 1 e passim
LI Nr. 116 r. I 1
SA6 Nr. 116 r. I 1;124 v. II 2
SUD Nr. 100 r. III 3
SUM Nr. 91 r. II 5; 127 r. I 3

Source: graphic elaboration of: Archi, ARET VII (1988), p. 245