the taunt that bows are not really for women anyway. With a parting threat, Anat leaves for El’s residence, where she denounces Aqhat and threatens El. El recognizes Anat’s essential character and authorizes her to have her way. She returns to Aqhat, but the declining condition of the text and the lack of the following two columns do not allow us to see the early development of her plot to dispose of him. When the text resumes, Anat is negotiating with YTPN. She finally reveals to him her plan, which