Tabur-damu

Tabur-damu was the wife of the king of Ebla Isar-Damu (ruled probably in the 24th century BC), who married her in his 14th year of reign. Tabur-damu was the daughter of Irib-damu, who in turn was the brother of King Irkab- damu . Her husband was the son of the latter, making Tabur-damu her husband's cousin. In lists of ladies-in-waiting from the first years of Isar-Damu's reign, there appears a woman named Tabur-damu, who was certainly the future queen. It appears that King Dusigu 's mother , who was the first lady at court, chose Tabur-damu for her son. She consulted an oracle, who then agreed to the marriage, which was then prepared. The texts from Ebla make it clear that the king's mother Dusigu remained the first woman at court, even after her son's marriage. Their daughter Kešdut married a son of the king of Kish .

Individual evidence

↑ Maria Giovann Bigar: The Role of Women in Work and Society in the Ebla Kingdom (Syria 24th century BC) , in Brigitten Lion, Cecile Michel (Editor): The Role of Women in Work and Society in the Ancient Near East , Berlin De Gruyter, Boston, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-1-61451-913-3 , 71–89 (here especially: 76–77)

personal data
SURNAME	Tabur-damu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Queen, wife of Isar-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.

[1] Maria Giovann Bigar: The Role of Women in Work and Society in the Ebla Kingdom (Syria 24th century BC) , in Brigitten Lion, Cecile Michel (Editor): The Role of Women in Work and Society in the Ancient Near East , Berlin De Gruyter, Boston, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-1-61451-913-3 , 71–89 (here especially: 76–77)