Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Site: Mari (Amorite city on Euphrates, Syria)
Date: ED 2600-2300 BC (ED texts)
"Mari Age" c. 1810-1760 BC (c. 25,000 tablets)

The tablets date to the Early Dynastic Period. These cuneiform inscriptions are a part of the administrative archive and a few shed insight into the biblical text.

Names & places found in both the Bible and the Mari texts:

1. King Arriyuk (Mari)
This is probably King Arioch of Ellasar (Genesis 14:1,9)

2. Towns: Nahor & Harran (Genesis 24:10)

3. Names: Benjamin, Habiru