Ritual of Atonement for Ugarit
[…] and the well-being of […]
[…] [and] the well-being of [Ugarit] […]
[…], or by the word of […]
[…], or [by the word of]
[…]
[…] [This is the gift offering we offer.]
[This is the victim that is slaughtered. May it be lifted up to the father of the sons of El, may it be lifted up to the] circle of the sons of [El],
[to the assembly of the sons of El, to Thukamuna-wa-Shunama. Here is a ram.]
[And present the ram of uprightness of the sons of Ugarit, and the well-being of] […], and the well-being of
[…] [and the well-being] of Ugarit
[…] [whether you have sinned, or by the word of the Qatian, or by the word of the Dadmian,]
[or by the word of the Hurrian, or by the word of the Hittite, or by the word of the Alashian, or by the word of] […]
[or by the word of] […], [or by the word of] […], [or by the word of] […]
[whether you have sinned in your anger, or in your impatience, or in] […]
[…] [whether you have sinned regarding the sacrifices or regarding the gift offering, the sacrifice we make.]
[This is the gift offering we offer. This is the victim that is slaughtered.] May it be [lifted up to the father of the sons of El,]
[may it be lifted up to the circle of the sons of El, to the assembly of the sons of El, to Thukamuna-wa-Shunama.] Here is a ram.
[…] [and the well-being of the stranger within the walls of Ugarit, and the well-being of]
[…], and the well-being of […]: whether you have sinned, [or by the word of the Qatian,]
or by the word of the Dadmian, or by the word of the [Hurrian], or by the word of the Hittite, or by the word of the [Alashian], [or by the word of] […],
or by the word of […], or by the word of […], or by the word of […],
whether you have sinned in your anger, or in your impatience, [or in] […]
[…], whether you have sinned regarding the sacrifices or regarding the gift offering, the sacrifice [we make].
This is the gift offering we offer. This is the victim that is slaughtered. May it be lifted up [to the father of the sons of El,]
may it be lifted up to the circle of the sons of El, to the assembly of the sons of [El, to Thukamuna-wa-Shunama]. Here is a ram.
And present the donkey of uprightness, the uprightness of the sons of Ugarit, and the well-being of Ugarit,
and the well-being of Yman, and the well-being of Rmt, and the well-being of […],
and the well-being of Niqmaddu: or […], or by the word of the [Qatian], [or by the word of the Dadmian],
or by the word of the Hurrian, or by the word of the Hittite, or by the word of the Alashian, or [by the word of] […], or by the word of
[…], or by the word of […], or by the word of […], or […],
or in your anger, or in your impatience, or in […],
or […] regarding the sacrifices or regarding the gift offering, the sacrifice we make. This is the gift offering we offer.
This is the victim that is slaughtered. May it be lifted up to the father of the sons of El, may it be lifted up to the circle
of the sons of El, to the assembly of the sons of El, to Thukamuna-wa-Shunama. Here is a donkey.
And return to the recitation: [the uprightness], the uprightness of the daughters of Ugarit, and the well-being of the stranger
within the walls of Ugarit, and the well-being of […], or […], or by the word of the Qatian,
or by the word of the Dadmian, or [by the word of] the Hurrian, or by the word of the Hittite, or by the word of the Alashian,
or by the word of […], or by the word of […], or by the word of […], or by the word of […],
[…], in your [anger], [or in] your impatience, or in […],
[…], or […] [regarding the sacrifices] or regarding the gift offering, the sacrifice
we make. This is the gift offering we [offer]. [This is the victim that is] slaughtered. May it be lifted up to the father of the sons of El,
may it be lifted up to the [circle of the sons of El, to] the assembly of the sons of El,
to Thukamuna-[wa-Shunama]. Here is a [donkey].
Texts in conversation
Compare KTU 1.40:28 and 2 Kings 23:3
Ancient Near East, Ugaritic · Hebrew Bible
Summary
Passages
KTU 1.40:28
Ancient Near East, Ugaritic · Cuneiform Texts from Ugarit2 Kings 23:3
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