Hypogeum G4, Ebla

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Location

Syrian Arab Republic, Mardīkh
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Location: correct and verified

Period or year

-23xx / unknown

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Hypogeum G4, Ebla

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The royal called G4 found in the Palce G [2400-2300] was unearthed badly damaged and without a skeleton. Paolo Matthie¹ dates it to dates to the reign of king Isar-Damu² [archive period]. According to Davide Nadali it was plundered, never used or built as cenotaph³.

References

↑Paolo Matthie, "The Royal Palace. Functions of the Quarters and the Government of the Chora". In Matthiae, Paolo; Marchetti, Nicolò. Ebla and its Landscape: Early State Formation in the Ancient Near East. Left Coast Press 2013, p. 53
↑William J. Hamblin. Warfare in the Ancient Near East to 1600 BC. Holy Warriors at the Dawn of History, Routledge 2006, p. 239.
↑Davide Nadali, Envisioning the Past Through Memories: How Memory Shaped Ancient Near Eastern Societies, Bloomsbury Publishing 2016, p. 56nn

Relevant museums

Aleppo, National Museum
Large collection of Bronze Age (a/o Ebla, Mari, Ugarit), Iron Age (Arslan Tash), Hellenistic, and Roman finds.
Paris, Louvre
Paris, Louvre

Nearby sites

Ebla Royal Palace G
Tell Mardikh - palace. https://www.ministrymagazine.org/archive/1982/01/update-on-ebla
Ebla State Archives
Tablets from Ebla Tell Mardihk date from the introduction of writing to the end of the third millennium B.C.
Ebla, Abarsal Treaty
XXIII BC peace treaty.
Ebla, Temple of Resheph
Ebla temple B1. Rashap’s Cult Area with the Deified Royal Ancestors’ Sanctuary.

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Hypogeum G4, Ebla

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