While the textual corpus of Ebla is well-known for its assortment of incantations in Sumerian and one or more Semitic languages, the evidence put forth to identify the language of discrete spells from Ebla has not been subject to reexamination for many years. Due to the esoteric content of incantations as well as their specialized vocabulary and unconventional orthography, it is often difficult to recognize the language of a given composition or discern its subject matter. This contribution reevaluates the Semitic classification of the tenth incantation on TM 75.G.2459 (ARET 5, 19), reanalyzes its language as syllabic Sumerian, and explores its content in light of other early Mesopotamian incantations.
Nicholas M. Gill (Mon,) studied this question.