Direction Ugaritic is usually written from left to right. Of course, there are exceptions, but these need not concern us. If you’ve already learned Hebrew, you’ll have to remember to switch the direction of reading. Consonants Only Ugaritic is written using only consonants, not vowels. Wait; there’s more! Doubled consonants are not indicated either. As you probably suspect, this can cause some interpretive difficulty for us. For example, if we did this in English, the letters “mt” could represent