Baal, Anat and the Birth of a Bull
[The god Haddu within] his palace.
And the lads of Baal answer:
“Baal is not in his house,
the god Haddu within his palace.
He has taken his bow in his hand,
and his arrows in his right hand.
Then he set his face
toward Ah-Shamak, full of wild oxen.”
The Maiden Anat lifts her wing,
she lifts her wing and soars in flight
toward Ah-Shamak, full of wild oxen.
And Mighty Baal lifts his eyes,
he lifts his eyes and sees,
he sees the Maiden Anat,
the loveliest among the sisters of Baal.
Before her he […] and stands,
at her feet he bows and falls down.
And he lifts his voice and cries:
“Live, sister, and long life to us.
The horns of your strength, Maiden Anat,
the horns of your strength Baal will anoint,
Baal will anoint them in flight.
We will thrust my enemies into the earth,
and into the dust those who rise against your brother.”
And the Maiden Anat lifts her eyes,
she lifts her eyes and sees,
she sees a cow, and it leaps as it walks,
leaps as it walks, and leaps […]
[among] the lovely, among the beautiful, the band of the Kotharat.
[Aloud] to Baal Anat proclaims:
[…]
[…] Haddu […]
[…] Mighty [Baal]
[the Maiden] Anat […]
[…]
[the band] of the Kotharat
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Compare KTU 1.10 II:22 and Psalm 92:10
Ancient Near East, Ugaritic · Hebrew Bible
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KTU 1.10 II:22
Ancient Near East, Ugaritic · Cuneiform Texts from UgaritPsalm 92:10
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