WHERE IS BAZI? WHERE IS ZIZI? THE LIST OF EARLY RULERS IN THE "BALLAD" FROM EMAR AND UGARIT, AND THE MARI RULERS IN THE SUMERIAN KING LIST AND OTHER SOURCES / "ﺃﻳﻦ ﻫﻮ ﺑﺎﺯﻱ؟ ﺃﻳﻦ ﻫﻲ ﺯﻳﺰﻱ؟" ﻗﺎﺋﻤﺔ ﺍﻟﺤﻜﺎﻡ ﺍﻷﻭﺍﺋﻞ ﻓﻲ ﺑﻠﺪ ﻣﻦ ﺇﻳﻤﺎﺭ ﻭﺃﻭﺟﺎﺭﻳﺖ ﻭﻛﺬﻟﻚ ﺣﻜﺎﻡ ﻣﺎﺭﻱ ﻓﻲ ﻗﺎﺋﻤ
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YORAM COHEN and ﻳﻮﺭﺍﻡ ﻛﻮﻫﻴﻦ
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This paper argues that the peripheral recensions of the Ballad of Early Rulers reflect Mesopotamian forerunners, and do not represent re-workings by the local scribes. The Ugarit recension is based on an Old Babylonian forerunner, and the Emar recension i