Ebla in the mid-to-late third millennium BCE. Architecture and chronology

The article is a thorough revision of the phases pf EB IVA at Ebla, which mainly concern the building activities in the Royal Palace G of the state archives, starting from a protopalatial phase detected on the acropolis, and dating between EB III and EB IVA. All the subphrases of EB IVA are taken into account, based on the evidence of the Royal Palace G, and extending the analysis to all the main buildings of the site - Red Temple, Temple of the Rock, and Building P4. I also review the present evidence about material, and artistic cultures, written sources, the relations with Egypt, and C14 dates from the end off the period. The evidence confirms the dating of around 2300 BCE for the end of EDB IVA at Ebla, whereas a date around 2450 BCE for its beginning is most likely.