15. “Debt” in an Archaic Palatial Economy: The Evidence from Ebla

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Contents ix
5. Abbreviations xiii
6. Publications of Alfonso Archi concerning Ebla xvii
7. Part I. History, Language, and Texts
8. 1. Syria and Mesopotamia Before the Akkadian Dynasty: Geopolitical Relations 3
9. 2. History of Syria in the Third Millennium: the Written Sources 13
10. 3. Eblaite in its Geographical and Historical Context 32
11. 4. Prepositions at Ebla 51
12. 5. The Archives of Ebla 77
13. 6. Chronologie relative des archives d’Ébla 93
14. Part II. Society and Economy
15. 7. Les titres de en et lugal à Ébla et des cadeaux pour le Roi de Kiš 123
16. 8. Zur Organisation der Arbeit in Ebla 143
17. 9. kíd-sag “Gatekeeper” 154
18. 10. Prices, Workers’ Wages and Maintenance at Ebla 158
19. 11. Gifts at Ebla 165
20. 12. The Steward and his Jar 179
21. 13. Trade and Administrative Practice: The Case of Ebla 198
22. 14. The Business of Mr. Iram-malik 215
23. 15. “Debt” in an Archaic Palatial Economy: The Evidence from Ebla 225
24. 16. Rank at the Court of Ebla 236
25. 17. The Role of Women in the Society of Ebla 251
26. 18. Men at War in the Ebla Period 262
27. 19. Two Heads for the King of Ebla 292
28. 20. Lists of Tools 301
29. 21. Considerations on a Delivery of Spearheads from Ebla 305
30. 22. Clothes in Ebla 311
31. 23. Cereals at Ebla 321
32. 24. Culture de l’olivier et production de l’huile à Èbla 333
33. Part III. Political Relations
34. 25. Mardu in the Ebla Texts 353
35. 26. Alalaḫ al tempo del regno di Ebla 360
36. 27. Imar au III^ème millénaire d’après les archives d’Ébla 363
37. 28. Tuttul-sur-Baliḫ à l’âge d’Ébla 391
38. 29. Harran in the III Millennium BC 401
39. 30. La ville d’Arbasal 410
40. 31. Ḫaššum/Ḫassuwan and Uršum/Uršaʾum from the Point of View of Ebla 419
41. 32. In Search of Armi 435
42. 33. More on Ebla and Kiš 478
43. Part IV. Religion
44. 34. Ritualization at Ebla 499
45. 35. Cult of the Ancestors and Funerary Practices at Ebla 522
46. 36. Hadda of Ḫalab and his Temple in the Ebla Period 570
47. 37. Studies in the Pantheon of Ebla 592
48. 38. Studies in the Pantheon of Ebla, II 601
49. 39. The Cultic Journey of the God Hadabal 615
50. 40. The God Dagan in the Early and Middle Bronze Periods 625
51. 41. Šalaš Consort of Dagan and Kumarbi 632
52. 42. Il in the Personal Names 638
53. 43. The God Ḥay(y)a (Ea/Enki) at Ebla 656
54. 44. Divinités sémitiques et divinités de substrat: le cas d’Išḫara et d’Ištar à Ébla 676
55. 45. Divination at Ebla 687
56. 46. The high Priestess, dam-dingir, at Ebla 699
57. 47. The Stele (na-rú) in the Ebla Documents 711
58. Part V. Silver and Gold
59. 48. Circulation d’objects en métal précieux de poids standardisé à Ébla 723
60. 49. The Head of Kura – the Head of Hadabal 736
61. 50. Jewels for the Ladies of Ebla 760
62. Bibliography 799
63. Indexes of discussed names, terms and texts 841