THE MIDDLE BRONZE AGE IN THE NEAR EAST EBLA IN MBA EBLA (Tell Mardikh) EBLA – MB I KING IBBIT-LIM STATUE MB I AXE TYPE MB II EBLA – WESTERN PALACE (Q) THE ROYAL HYPOGEUM FOUND UNDER PALACE Q IN EBLA „LORD OF THE GOATS” TOMB A MACE OF PHARAO HETEPIBRE OF XIII DYNASTY MB II EBLA – TEMPLE D (ACROPOLIS) MB II EBLA – ISHTAR’S STELE FROM VICINITY OF TEMPLE D ROYAL STATUES FOUND IN TEMPLES D and P2 TEMPLE P2 „ISHTAR’S TEMPLE (lower town) CULTIC BASIN FROM A TEMPLE MONUMENT P3 SANCTUARY B2 – TEMPLE OF THE ROYAL ANCESTORS TEMPLE N: „SHAMASH” TEMPLE CULTIC BASIN FOUND IN THE TEMPLE DAMASCUS GATE GATES