Ebla tablet tells of “Ur in Haran” by Damien F. Mackey “The notice in the December 1976 BAR (“The Promise of Ebla,” BAR 02:04) that a new Ebla tablet refers to “Ur in Haran,” reopens the discussion of where Ur of the Chaldees, Abraham’s birthplace, was located”. Cyrus H. Gordon This important information from ancient Ebla (Tell Mardikh) accords with my view about the geographical location of Abram’s original home in south eastern Turkey, rather than in Mesopotamian Sumer: Abram’s “Ur of the Chaldees” (4) Abram's "Ur of the Chaldees" | Damien Mackey - Academia.edu And I must agree with Hershel Shanks’ witty title introducing his article telling that pope John Paul II had intended to visit “the wrong Ur” in 1999: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-18-me-23682-story.html