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  • Syrian Arab Republic, Mardīkh
  • geo:35.798733,36.797066
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Ebla, Western Palace, Tomb of the Cisterns Q79 A

data access 29290

The Tomb of the Cistern east of the Tomb of the Princess and almost contemporay,  belongs to the earliest graves in the Royal Hypogeum of the Western Palace. It consits of graves Q79A and Q79B. It was damaged and looted by Hittites. Nevertheless some remains - of equipments - a club, an emblem of  royal power  indicates the royal grave.

Sources:

  1. Lorenzo Nigro, he Eighteenth Century BC Princes of Byblos and Ebla and the Chronology of the Middle Bronze Age in: Interconnections in the Eastern Mediterranean. Lebanon in the Bronze and Iron Ages. Proceedings of the International Symposium – Beirut 2008 (BAAL Hors-Série VI), Beirut 2009, pp. 164-165 - https://www.academia.edu/1096021

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2016-11-02) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/29290
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Suggested citation: , E. , Ebla, Western Palace, Tomb of the Cisterns Q79 A. https://vici.org/vici/29290, accessed 2026-05-18.