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Azi (scribe)
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.
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Career
He began as a student and passed examinations to become a scribe. He was a 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.
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Sources
- Quest for the past. Pleasantville: Reader's Digest Association. 1984. p. 54. ISBN 0-89577-170-5.
References
- ^ Leick, Gwendolyn (1999). Who's Who in the Ancient near East. New York: Routledge. p. 35. ISBN 0-415-13230-4.
- ^ Viganò, Lorenzo; Dennis Pardee (March 1984). "Literary Sources for the History of Palestine and Syria: The Ebla Tablets". The Biblical Archaeologist. 47 (1). The American Schools of Oriental Research: 6–16. doi:10.2307/3209872. JSTOR 3209872.
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