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Basics of Ancient Ugaritic: A Concise Grammar, Workbook, and Lexicon is unavailable, but you can change that!

Basics of Ancient Ugaritic is a teaching grammar of this ancient language, one spoken at the time of Abraham occurring in ancient texts in cuneiform writing. Beginning with the alphabet, each new lesson builds on the ones before it. Unlike synthetic Ugaritic grammars—which have been known to be overwhelming for students—Basics of Ancient Ugaritic draws from cuneiform texts and lets students...

Môt • The god of death; his name means “death.” • The great swallower of life, the life of both gods and humans Cf. KTU 1.5 ii 2–4, where this great swallower is vividly described as having “a lip to the earth, a lip to the heavens … a tongue to the stars” • Not worshiped like other deities in the Ugaritic pantheon • Epithets include ○ ydd il ǵzr “beloved of El, the hero” ○ bn ilm “son of the gods” • One of the main enemies of Baʿal (see the details of the Baʿal and Anat cycle above) • In contrast
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