In Search of Dugurasu

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ID6078031
AuthorsMaria Giovanna Biga (Sapienza University of Rome), Piotr Steinkeller (Harvard University Press)
Year2021
Volume73
Pages9-70
Publication date2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Cuneiform Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0256 • E-ISSN: 2325-6737
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/714654
OpenAlexW3180692059
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited8

The identity of the toponym Dugurasu, which is mentioned some fifty times in the ED IIIb documentation from Ebla, is a highly contested issue. While M. G. Biga had proposed an identification with Egypt, A. Archi then argued that Dugurasu was situated in northwestern Iran. This study offers a systematic examination of all the attestations of Dugurasu, focusing on the types of materials traded between Dugurasu and Ebla. It also considers evidence bearing on Ebla’s commercial partner named DUlu. Characteristically, Ebla and DUlu exchanged the same types of goods as those traded between Ebla and Dugurasu. Our investigation strongly suggests that Dugurasu is either Egypt itself or some place in Palestine that served as an intermediary in exchanges between Egypt and Ebla, while DUlu denotes either Byblos or one of its immediate neighbors

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Documentation · Identification (biology · Identity (music · Osiris · Palestine · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Computer Science · History · Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction

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