• DOI:10.5615/JCUNESTUD.63.0005
• Corpus ID: 163552750

In Search of Armi

@article{Archi2011InSO,
  title={In Search of Armi},
  author={Alfonso Archi},
  journal={JOURNAL OF CUNEIFORM STUDIES},
  year={2011},
  volume={63},
  pages={5 - 34}
}

• A. Archi
• Published 1 January 2011
• History
• JOURNAL OF CUNEIFORM STUDIES

The older writing of the name of the city of Armi in Eblaite documents is Ar-mi-umki (Bonechi 1990a; genitive form in ARET XII 1108 II 4: PN Ar-mi-imki). It is attested in some documents from the time of the minister Arrukum, forty to thirty-six years before the destruction of Ebla, sometimes together with the later form: Ar-mi ki.1 Arrukum was minister during the last five years of king Irkab-damu (the successor of Igriš-Halab), who probably reigned for eleven years. The king and minister both died in the same year. Išar-damu, who reigned for thirty-five years, until the fall of Ebla, succeeded his father Irkab-damu on the throne. For the first eighteen years, Ibrium was minister, followed by his son Ibbi-zikir, who remained in charge for seventeen years, until the fall of the city.