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1. Date of the tablets mentioning Cypriot copper.
The tablets are not dated, but they form part of a batch of tablets from the reign of Zimrilim, some of which give year names of that reign. As Zimrilim reigned some thirty years and his city was destroyed by Hammurabi of Babylon in his 32rd year, these tablets are contemporary with the king of Babylon. Even if they bore a date, one could not fix the year precisely, since we do not know the order of the years of Zimrilim's reign. The first of the reign alone is precise because it mentions the seizure of power by the king.
2. Meaning of the expressions cited Syria, XX (1939), p. 111.
1) erû mîsû ( = LUH.HA) a-la-šu-ú. pure copper Alashian (of Alašia).
2) [x] manû erê a-la-ši-i. [x] mines of Alashian copper.
3) siparru a-la-šu-ú. Alashian bronze.
3. Was Cypriot copper imported to Mari in the form of ore and ingots?
Note well first of all that the tablets which mention Cypriot copper form a group different from those which mention Ugarit. Cypriot copper was imported to Mari in the form of ore which was processed in the workshops … continues
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