| Meskene | |
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| Nation: | Syria |
| Region / Province: | Aleppo |
| Site Position: | 35°59'12.69"N - 38° 6'40.14"E |
| Ancient City Name: | Emar |
| Type of finds: | Texts |
| Nr of texts: | 1200 ca. |
| Type of documents: | Correspondence (CTH 187, 204, 208, 210); historical prose, treaties, edicts (CTH 212, 215); econimic texts (CTH 229); rituals (CTH 470); oracles and omina (CTH 533, 560, 568) |
| Bibliography and References: | Due to the large amount of publications about Emar's texts, please refer to the Emar Online Database: http://www.hethport.uni-wuerzburg.de/emarkonk/index.html. |
| Type of finds: | Seals |
| Seals / Seal Impressions: | 100 ca. |
| Bibliography and References: | StMed 21 |
| Additional information: | Emar's documents come not only from the regular French excavations (during the early 70s) but also from illegal diggings at the site, which made their way to the antiquity market and were eventually bought by private collectors and institutions. Starting in 1996, a German team from the University of Tübingen joined the Syrian mission at the excavations; more information is available on the official web-site of Syrian-German excavations at Emar / Meskene: http://www.uni-tuebingen.de//uni/aaa/. |
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