Azi (scribe)
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Azi (fl. c. 2500 BC)[1] is the name of a scribe from the kingdom of Ebla. His name has been found on a number of clay tablets, making possible an extrapolation of his career path.
[edit] Career
He began as a student and passed examinations to become a scribe. He was highly competent teacher, known from his title, dub-zu-zu, or "one who knows the tablets."[2] Finally he became a top administrator in the kingdom.
[edit] Source
- (1984) Quest for the past. Pleasantville: Reader's Digest Association, pg 54. ISBN 0895771705.
[edit] References
- ^ Leick, Gwendolyn (1999). Who's Who in the Ancient near East. New York: Routledge, pg 35. ISBN 0415132304.
- ^ Viganò, Lorenzo; Dennis Pardee (March, 1984). "Literary Sources for the History of Palestine and Syria: The Ebla Tablets". The Biblical Archaeologist 47 (1): 6-16. The American Schools of Oriental Research.
