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Pierre Bordreuil and Dennis Pardee are two of the best-known scholars doing research on the language and texts of the ancient city of Ugarit (modern Tell Ras Shamra). A Manual of Ugaritic includes a historical introduction to the texts and language, a sketch of the grammar of Ugaritic, a bibliography, hand-copies of many texts, and a glossary and text concordance—everything a student needs to...

• Sometimes it is impossible to know the origin of a name if the vocalic structure is unknown; for example, pdn could be West Semitic or Anatolian. • There are examples of names attested in two very different forms: the royal name Ammistamru is attested in Ugaritic in the form ʿmṯtmr, which corresponds to ʿAmmistamru in syllabic writing (with several attested spellings: Nougayrol 1955: 239); but, on the personal seal of this king, the name appears in Ugaritic in the form {ʿmyḏtmr} (Bordreuil and
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