Azi (scribe) explained

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.

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.

Sources

• Book: Quest for the past . Reader's Digest Association . Pleasantville . 1984 . 0-89577-170-5 . 54 . registration .

Notes and References

1. Book: Leick, Gwendolyn . Who's Who in the Ancient near East . Routledge . New York . 1999 . 0-415-13230-4 . 35 .
2. Viganò . Lorenzo . Lorenzo Viganò . Dennis Pardee . Literary Sources for the History of Palestine and Syria: The Ebla Tablets . The Biblical Archaeologist . 47 . 1 . 6–16 . The American Schools of Oriental Research . March 1984 . 10.2307/3209872 . 3209872.