Census Lists from Alalakh. Over 70 census lists from Alalakh have survived. These tablets mainly date from the 15th century bc. The census records personal names and occupations from people in towns and villages within the territory of Alalakh. These lists were likely used for military purposes; however, some of the lists preserve women’s names, household data, or other information (Wiseman, Alalakh Tablets, 64–75). Based on the personal names in the lists, it is apparent that many of the sites in Alalakh were quite diverse, with a mixture of West Semitic, Akkadian, Anatolian, Hurrian, and Indo-European names (for a translation of one such list see Hallo and Younger, COS 3:277).