Of Cucumbers and Twins in the Ebla Palace G Texts

In the fhe first part of this essay are collected materials which shows that the Ebla scribes knew the Sumerogram for "cucumber" (or more generically "cucurbitaceae"). The link between cucumbers and twins rests on passages of the administrative text TM.75.G.1345. Their new interpretation permits to discuss the childbirth of one of the most important Palace G ladies, En-na-dUtu, with the consequent suggestion that she gave birth to a pair of twins, of whom only the daughter, Arza- du, was further recorded in later texts.