Eblaite Tablet (resin recreation). About 2 7/8 inches by 2 3/4 inches. About 2250 BC. In 1974 a royal archive of about 20,000 tablets was discovered at Ebla, modern day Tell Mardikh. Bible names appear in Eblaite (a-da-mu / Adam, h’à-wa / Eve, Abarama/Abraham, Bilhah, Ishma-el, Isûra-el, Esau, Mika-el, Mikaya, Saul, and David. Also many Bible places are mentioned like Sinai, Jerusalem (Ye-ru-sa-lu-um), Hazor, Lachish, Gezer, Dor, Megiddo, and Joppa. A full circle on the tablet represents the number 60. The Sumerians used a base math system of 60. This survives today in our measurement of time. 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour.
