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The Ebla Chancery Texts in the Light of Recent Linguistic Research

  • Ilya Arkhipov EMAIL logo and Leonid Kogan
Published/Copyright: November 25, 2022
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Abstract

The article aims at establishing new, more reliable meanings and functions for a number of lexical and semi-grammatical elements of Eblaite (Syrian East Semitic). The so-called “chancery texts”, first published by Pelio Fronzaroli and Amalia Catagnoti as ARET 13, 16 and 18, are in the focus of the analysis. While feasible contextual interpretation is an absolute priority for the present authors, other (notably, comparative) methods are also used when applicable. As a result, a substantial progress in our understanding of these exceedingly difficult documents is expected to be achieved.

Acknowledgement

The article has been written in the framework of the project 20-012-00577 “The Ebla Archives: Language, Politics, Society” supported by the Russian Foundation for Fundamental Research (RFBR/РФФИ).

Abbreviations

CDG: W. Leslau (1987): Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), Wiesbaden.

DRS: D. Cohen (1976–): Dictionnaire des racines sémitiques, The Hague.

EDA I: L. Kogan/M. Krebernik (2020): Etymological Dictionary of Akkadian. Volume One, Berlin.

HALOT: L. Koehler/W. Baumgartner/J.J. Stamm (1994–2000): The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, Leiden.

Lane: E.W. Lane (1867): Arabic-English Lexicon, London.

LLA: A. Dillmann (1865): Lexicon linguae aethiopicae, Leipzig.

WKAS: M. Ullmann (1957–): Wörterbuch der klassischen arabischen Sprache, Wiesbaden.

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