Kešdut
Kešdut was a princess of Ebla , probably in the 24th century BC. She was the daughter of King Isar-Damu and his wife Tabur-damu . She was apparently the couple's only daughter. Kešdut is known from various cuneiform texts from Ebla, from which it is particularly clear that she married a son of the King of Kisch . In the Middle East at that time, Kish was the leading great power.
The marriage apparently was an important event in Ebla's history. However, a text that is not well preserved lists the dowry. Another text tells of gifts that were sent to Kisch on this occasion. These include 972 bulls, 935 cows, 768 oxen and 1680 sheep. Minister Ibbi-Zikkir also contributed gifts to the wedding, including clothing and two bracelets decorated with lapis lazuli .
Ebla was destroyed three years after the marriage. Nothing more has come down to us from Kešdut.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alfonso Archi : Ebla and Its Archives , De Gruyter, Boston, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-1-61451-716-0 , p. 25
- ↑ The identification of the place Kisch in the Ebla texts with the Mesopotamian city is not contradicted. There are attempts to identify it as a Syrian city: Francesco Pomponio: Further considerations on KIŠki in the Ebla Texts , in: Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale, Vol. 107 (2013), (Recueil d'études historiques, philologiques et épigraphiques en l'honneur de Paolo Matthiae), 71–83
- ^ Archi: Ebla and Its Archives , p. 5
- ^ Archi: Ebla and Its Archives , p. 479
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| SURNAME | Kešdut |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess, daughter of Isar-Damu and his wife Tabur-damu |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 27th century BC BC and 23rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 27th century BC BC and 23rd century BC Chr. |