RARE comprehensive lexicon of handcrafts based on the texts of the ancient Near-Eastern city-state Ebla, famous for an archive of 20000 cuneiform tablets found there, dated from around 2250 BC and written in Sumerian script. The Eblaite language is a previously unknown Semitic language that is now thought to be the earliest attested Semitic language after the closely related Akkadian. This paper is based on doctoral thesis written under the guidance of the renowned semitist Pelio Fronzaroli. 240x170mm. 212 pages. Softcover. Front cover slightly creased near spine. Small stamp on rear cover. Page 1 slightly wrinkled. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare Eblaite lexicon of craft-related words is in very good condition.