Ricerc@Sapienza

Births at the Ebla court and at other Syrian courts are often quoted in the Ebla texts. Wet-nurses took care of the royal babies for some years. It is difficult to follow the lives of the royal babies. Several boys and girls are attested as apprentices of different jobs such as dancers, singers, carpenters, dyers, gardeners etc. They received from the palace rations of food and textiles as payment for their work.