Ricerc@Sapienza

In this contribution I present one of the seals in the “palace style” from Palace G of Ebla of 2300 BC. The seal is characterized by the presence of two divine female figures, Ishkhara and Aštar/Ištar who were important in the Eblaic pantheon and were closely related with kingship. For this reason, and for the location of the sealings, I propose that the seal belonged to a very important official, personally related with the king.

The article is a thorough revision of the phases pf EB IVA at Ebla, which mainly concern the building activities in the Royal Palace G of the state archives, starting from a protopalatial phase detected on the acropolis, and dating between EB III and EB IVA. All the subphrases of EB IVA are taken into account, based on the evidence of the Royal Palace G, and extending the analysis to all the main buildings of the site - Red Temple, Temple of the Rock, and Building P4.