Historical documentation reveals details about palace officials in 3rd millennium BC Ebla, indicating administrative structure.
Clay sealings from Ebla form a conspicuous corpus of documentation for the history of 3rd millenium administration because of their connection with palace’s archives. Among the clay sealings, several seal impressions reveal the name of two palace officials. The occurrence of their names reveals more details about one of the most important officials of the Royal Archive.
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