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"Gabriel sells homemade Assyrian wine out of the back of his silver shop, aptly named “Gabriel Silver and Gold.” This wine, called “Mardin Suryani Sarabi,” is slightly sweet, slightly spicy, and like nothing we’ve ever tasted before. The first time we had it, a filmmaker friend who had a key to the shop let us in, we took a bottle, left cash on the counter, and drank the wine out of plastic cups on a rooftop looking out towards the lights of Syria. The second time, we chatted with Gabriel about his childhood in Mardin, his travels around the world, and his final return to his ancestral homeland, the ancient city. And this time, we settled in with a glass of wine each while he told us how he came to this ancient trade."
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The results of a study show that scribes did not always refine their clay, barely used fire to harden the texts, and that tablets made in the workshop coexisted with others brought from outside.
Erin O’Brien
