Baal Cycle
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[…] [Caphtor] is far, [O gods], [Memphis] [is far],
[O deities: two layers beneath the springs of the earth, three spans beneath the caverns.]
[Then] he sets his face towards El at the source of the [rivers], [amid the channels of the two deeps].
[He enters] the tent of El and comes into the [pavilion] of the King, [the Father of the Bright One]. [At the feet of El]
[he bows] and falls, he bows down and honours [him]. [Then] […]
[…] Kothar-wa-[Hasis], depart! Build the house of Yamm, [raise] the palace of Ruler [Nahar]
[…] [Nahar] in the midst of […]. Kothar-wa-[Hasis] departs […] build the house of Prince Yamm,
[…] the palace [of] [Ruler] Nahar in the midst of […]
[Quickly] his [house] shall be built, [quickly] [his palace] shall be raised. [A thousand fields] the house shall take,
[ten thousand] acres the palace. […]
[…] Athtar […]
[…] fire […] fire
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[…] the Lamp of the Gods, Shapshu, raises her voice and [cries]: [Hear] now,
[…] Bull El your father […] before Prince Yamm, before Ruler Nahar.
[How] will Bull El your father not hear you? He will surely pull up the [post] of your seat, he will surely [overturn]
[the throne of] your kingship, he will surely break the scepter of your rule. And Athtar answers […]
[…] Bull El my father. As for me, I have no house [like] the gods, nor a court [like the sons of]
[the Holy One]. […] [He sits] in [the house of]
[Prince] Yamm, in the palace of Ruler Nahar. Bull El his father […] before [Prince] Yamm,
[before] [Ruler Nahar]. […] There is no wife [for] you [like]
[the gods] […] Prince Yamm […] Ruler Nahar
[…] And Athtar answers
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Texts in conversation
Compare KTU 1.2 III:4 and Joel 3:18
Ancient Near East, Ugaritic · Hebrew Bible
Summary
Passages
KTU 1.2 III:4
Ancient Near East, Ugaritic · Cuneiform Texts from UgaritJoel 3:18
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