Manuscript A-1
Manuscript A-1/EBL2 (Pettinato A1, A4-6, A7, G, H, I) comprises a total of 1090 entries, spanning from the initial entry to [[VE 1089]]. The only consolidated edition available is documented in the DCCLT under the identifier P241570. Notably, this tablet serves as the “first page” of a manuscript that, according to Archi’s reconstruction, extended across two tablets, with the subsequent one being [Manuscript A-2]. The manuscript was published on the DCCLT as P241570. A picture of the joined fragments was published in [[Matthiae et al., Ebla origini (1995)]], cat. no. 154, pp.351 and 365.
The terminology used to distinguish these manuscripts hinges upon the assumption that Manuscript A-2 (equivalent to Pettinato’s AZ = MEE 4 63+64 + BG = MEE 4 71 + A III 683; also referred to by Bonechi as EBL3b) continues the content initiated in Manuscript A-1. However, Bonechi proposes an alternative perspective, suggesting that Manuscript A-2 is the direct continuation of [[Manuscript C]] (referred to by Bonechi as EBL3a; see [[Bonechi, ‘Putative Source’ (2016)]]). It’s important to observe that both [Manuscript A-2]/EBL3b and [Manuscript A-1]/EBL2 incorporate glossenkeilen, while such annotations are absent in [[Manuscript C]]/EBL3a. Manuscript A-1 includes fragments: