Ebla

American

[eb-luh, ee-bluh] / ˈɛb lə, ˈi blə /

noun

an ancient city whose remains are located near Aleppo in present-day Syria, the site of the discovery in 1974–75 of cuneiform tablets EblaTablets documenting a thriving culture of the third millennium b.c.

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Ebla Mari, a Syrian actor, plays Yara, a refugee who befriends TJ.

From Reuters ● May 26, 2023

These tablets reveal that Ebla especially worshipped the storm god Adad, who was honored with the title “Ba‘al” or lord.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

An original audio drama, accompanied by sound effects from the Picard universe, sees Raffi Musiker and Seven of Nine develop a new relationship as they land on the planet Ebla.

From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2022

Nima al Barre was so weak from hunger that she couldn’t breastfeed her 9-month-old twin girls, Ebla and Abdiya.

From Washington Post

Every now and then we stumble on a major civilization, such as the ancient culture of Ebla, which flourished only a few millennia ago and about which we knew nothing.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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