2007

A Primer on Ugaritic is an introduction to the language of the ancient city of Ugarit, a city that flourished in the second millennium BCE on the Lebanese coast, placed in the context of the culture, literature, and religion of this ancient Semitic culture. The Ugaritic language and literature was a precursor to Canaanite and serves as one of our most important resources for understanding the Old Testament and the Hebrew language. Special emphasis is placed on contextualization of the Ugaritic language and comparison to ancient Hebrew as well as Akkadian. The book begins with a general introduction to ancient Ugarit, and the introduction to the various genres of Ugaritic literature is placed in the context of this introduction. The language is introduced by genre, beginning with prose and letters, proceeding to administrative, and finally introducing the classic examples of Ugaritic epic. A summary of the grammar, a glossary, and a bibliography round out the volume.

Actes du Colloque assyriologique franco-tchèque. Paris, 7-8 novembre 2002

This article treats KTU 2 1.82: 1-7, an Ugaritic incantation. It deals, first, with matters of epigraphy, philology, morpho-syntax and lexicography. Thereafter, it discusses the contributions of this incantation to understanding Ugaritic mythology and religion. In particular, it assesses the relationship of KTU 2 1.82: 1-7 to the Ugaritic Ba ʕ lu Cycle. Ancient Near Eastern incantation texts are well known from the world of Syro-Mesopotamia, having been preserved as artifacts of the cuneiform culture that characterized this region for more than three millennia. These incantations were texts that, when spoken, were believed to bring about a desired religio-magical effect. From the Late Bronze Age city of Ugarit, in particular, incantations are attested in two general 'types.' The first may be classified as historiolae. Historiolae were comprised of formal mythological texts typically narrated in the indicative mood and accompanied by a ritual prescription. 1 The second form of incantation at Ugarit was simply a formula or spell without an accompanying mythological narrative that had a performative effect when uttered. 2

Ugarit Forschungen, 2018

KTU 1.82 is a fragmentary tablet that is, broadly speaking, religious in nature, and that contains some obscure sections in addition to the lost sections. Many passages of the text are a matter of controversy among scholars, to the point that there is no consensus on the genre of the text itself. In this article, I draw on examples from Ancient Near Eastern literature in order to clarify the meaning of given passages of the text (lines 10 and 38) and, thus, contribute to its full comprehension.

A Stranger in the House - the Crossroads III. edited byJana Mynářová, Marwan Kilani and Sergio Alivernini, 2019

Type-setting layout: AGAMA ® poly-grafický ateliér, s.r.o., Praha Print: TNM print, Chlumec nad Cidlinou Abstract: The second millennium BC was a period of unprecedented interconnectedness, characterized by the increasing movement of people in conjunction with the transmission of technologies across the Near East. Employing a Communities of Practice approach, this paper investigates the human networks through which this specialized knowledge might have transferred, suggesting that the interaction between foreign and local military and technological specialists was the locus of this transmission. The Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period were characterized by waves of West Asian immigrants moving into the Eastern Delta, bringing with them their mastery of new production processes and technologies. This period also saw the introduction of West Asian military practices and values, including a corpus of military related Semitic loan words. Therefore, this paper will propose that the mixture of immigrant and Egyptian specialists in hybrid military communities of practice played a major role in this cultural exchange. I will also explore the cultural significance behind the adoption and maintenance of these foreign technologies and military values, as well as their impact on the New Kingdom Egyptian military and conceptions of kingship.

IOSA 22, 2023

2007

1. Ancient Ugarit 2. School texts: introducing the language and alphabet 3. Letters (KTU 2): an inductive introduction to Ugaritic 4. Administrative texts (KTU 4) 5. Legal texts (KTU 3) 6. Literary texts (KTU 1) 7. Grammatical precis.