1.1 II · Baal Cycle
[Hurry! Hasten! Rush!] [To me] your feet
[let them hasten], [to me let] your legs [hurry],
[towards the mountain] […] and put
[…]
[…] [lapis lazuli]
[…] [lifts] in the midst
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] set on the ground
[…] set
[…] pass
[…]
[…] in a thousand courts
[…] [at the feet] of Anat
[they bowed and fell down], [they paid] homage and
[honoured her]. [They raised their voice and] [cried]: “Message of
[Bull El your father, word of the Wise One], your progenitor:
[Place in the earth] [war], set in the
[dust] […], [pour peace] into the heart of the earth,
[…] [into the heart] of the fields. Hurry!
[Hasten! Rush!] [To me] let your [feet] hasten,
[to me let your legs hurry], towards the mountain
[…]
[…] [your right hand]
1.1 III · Baal Cycle
Then they indeed set their faces towards Kothar-wa-Hasis, towards Egypt, of all of which he is god. Create the throne of his dwelling, Egypt the land of his inheritance, over a thousand miles, ten thousand leagues.[1]
At the feet of Kothar they bowed and fell down, they paid him homage and honoured him.
And they said to Kothar-wa-Hasis, they declared to Hayin, who is the ambidextrous craftsman:
“Message of Bull El your father, word of the Wise One, your progenitor:
Kothar, build, place in the foundry, prepare in the mountain a dwelling. Grasp your spear and your mace; let your feet hasten to me, let your legs hurry to me, towards the mountain, towards Mount Throne.
put […]
Hurry! Hasten! [Rush!] [To me let your feet hasten],
to me let your [legs] hurry, [towards the mountain],
For I have a word that I would say to you, a message that I would repeat to you:
A word of tree and whisper of stone, the sighing of the heavens to the earth, of the deep to the stars. A word unknown to men, and which the multitudes of the earth do not understand.
Come, and I shall reveal it in the midst of my divine mountain, Sapan.”
And Kothar-wa-Hasis replied: “Go, go! attendants of the gods! You may delay, but I shall hurry from Crete of the remotest of the gods, Egypt of the remotest of the chthonian gods, two layers beneath the springs of the earth, three expanses of the depths.”
two layers beneath [the springs of the earth], [three expanses]
Then he set his face towards the Wise One, the perceptive god, towards his mountain, Mount Throne.
He rolled back the tent of El, and he entered the pavilion of the King, the Father of the Bright One.
At the feet of El he bowed and fell down.
he paid homage [and honoured him].
Bull El, [his] father:
“Quickly [build a house], [quickly raise a palace]
in the midst of […]
[…]
[…]
1.1 IV · Baal Cycle
[the heights] of Sapan […]
Aloud he called to […]
to those far off […]
He called: El sits in […]
[…]
gods, the house of your lord […]
[…] quickly in the [land]
in the dust […]
[…] he puts [a cup in (his) hand],
a flagon in both hands […]
[…]
[…] El […] his son […]
And the Wise One, El the [perceptive], replied:
“The name of my son is Yaw, goddess […]”
And he proclaimed the name Yamm […]
[…]
“You are proclaimed lord […]
I, the Wise One, El the [perceptive],
over the hands I proclaimed […]
your name, Beloved of [El].
a house of my silver […]
from the hand of Mighty [Baal]
[…] he reviled me […]
Drive him out from the [throne of his kingship], [from the resting place], [from the seat]
of his dominion […]
But if […]
he will strike you […]
El […] a sacrifice […]
proclaimed [his] son […]
He slaughtered oxen, [also sheep; he felled]
bulls and [fat rams, calves a year old],
lambs, [flocks of kids].
1.1 V · Baal Cycle
[…]
[…] [and day after day]
[…]
[…] seeks him
[…] in Sapan
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[Bull El] […]
[…] stones […]
[…] and the mountain […]
[…]
[…]
[…] and day after day
[…] [a month] comes […]
[…] seeks him
[…] in Sapan
[…] hinds
[…]
[…]
[…] Bull El
[…] between the stones
[…]
[…] and the mountain […]
[…] enter […]
[…]
[…] to the earth
1.2 I · Baal Cycle
[…]
You […]
Valiant Baal […]
your dominion […]
On your head, All-Driver […]
Ruler Nahar. [May he break] […]
your head, Athtart [Name of Baal], [your skull]
[…] you will fall […]
The Father of the Bright One (has) two wives...[2]
Yamm sent messengers, Ruler Nahar an embassy.[3]
With great rejoicing they flew heavenwards
their nostrils flaring. Depart, divine assistants, do not stay! Indeed, set your faces
towards the convocation of the Council, towards the divine mountain. At the feet of El you shall fall
you shall honour the convocation of the Council! Standing upright, you shall then speak,
declaring your message. And you shall say to Bull your father El, declare to the convocation of the Council:
Message of Yamm, your master, of your lord, Ruler Nahar:
Give up the god whom you obey, the one whom you obey, Tempest! Give up Baal and his retinue,
the Son of Dagan, whose gold I shall seize! The divine assistants depart; they do not delay. Then they set their faces towards the divine mountain,
towards the convocation of the Council. Now the gods were sitting to eat,
the sons of the Holy One to dine. Baal stood by El. Lo, the gods saw them,
they saw the messengers of Yamm, the embassy of Ruler Nahar.[4]
The gods lowered their heads onto their knees, and onto the thrones of their princeships.
Baal rebuked them: Why, O gods, have you lowered your heads onto your knees,
and onto the thrones of your princeships? I see, gods,
that the tablets of Yamm's messengers, of the embassy of Ruler Nahar, are humiliating (you).
Lift up, O gods, your heads from on your knees, from the thrones of your princeships,
and I shall answer the messengers of Yamm, the embassy of Ruler Nahar.
The gods raise their heads from on their knees, from the thrones of their princeships.
Afterwards the messengers of Yamm arrive, the embassy of Ruler Nahar. At the feet of El
they do not fall, they do not honour the convocation of the Council. Standing upright, they speak,
[declaring] their message. Like a fire, two fires, they appear; a whetted sword
[is their tongue]. They say to Bull his father El: Message of Yamm, your master,
[of your lord], Ruler Nahar: Give up the god whom you obey, the one whom you obey,
[Tempest]! Give up Baal and his retinue, the Son of Dagan, whose gold I shall seize!
[And] Bull his father El [answers]: Baal is your servant, O Yamm, Baal is your servant,
[O Nahar], the Son of Dagan is your prisoner. He will bring you tribute like the gods,
[…] he will bring you gifts like the sons of the Holy One. Then Prince Baal was enraged.
[He seizes] a knife in his hand, in his right hand a weapon to strike the divine assistants. He lunges
[…] Anat seizes; his left hand Athtart seizes. How [can you strike]
[…] [the embassy] of Ruler Nahar […]
[…] a messenger; between his shoulders is the word of his master, and […]
[…] Then Prince Baal was enraged […]
[…] the messengers of Yamm, the embassy of Ruler [Nahar] […]
[…] I say to Yamm, your master, [your lord], [Ruler]
[Nahar] […] hear the word […]
[…]
1.2 II · Baal Cycle
[…]
[…]
in the midst of […]
[…]
and Baal […]
How […]
and […]
I shall strike […]
king […]
[…]
[…]
Baal […]
and […]
Bull […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.2 III · Baal Cycle
[…][5]
[…] [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
[…]
[…] 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
[…]
1.2 IV · Baal Cycle
[…]
If I see and with Yamm is the sieve of destruction.[6]
By Yamm I shall be worm-eaten
and thanks to Nahar, devoured by maggots. There, with a sword I shall destroy. I shall knock down his houses.
Into the underworld will fall my strength, and into the dust my power.
From his mouth his speech barely went forth, from his lips his word, and he gave forth his voice in groaning[7]
beneath the throne of Prince Yamm. And Kothar-wa-Hasis spoke:
Indeed I say to you, O Prince Baal, I repeat, O Charioteer of the Clouds, now your foe, Baal,
now your foe you must smite; now you must destroy your adversary.
Take your everlasting kingdom, your eternal dominion.
Kothar fashioned two maces, and he pronounced their names: You, your name is “Expeller”.
Expeller, expel Yamm, expel Yamm from his throne,
Nahar from the siege of his dominion! You must leap from the hand of Baal, like a falcon from his fingers.
Strike the shoulders of Prince Yamm, the chest of Ruler Nahar![8]
The mace leapt from the hand of Baal, like a falcon from his fingers.[9]
It struck the shoulders of Prince Yamm, the chest of Ruler Nahar.
But Yamm was strong, he did not flinch. His joints did not tremble; his visage was not discomposed.
Kothar fashioned two maces, and he pronounced their names.[10]
You, your name is 'All-Driver' All-Driver, drive Yamm away, drive Yamm from his throne,[11]
Nahar from the siege of his dominion! You must leap from the hand of Baal,[12]
like a falcon from his fingers. Strike the skull of Prince Yamm (Ocean),[13]
the brow of Ruler Nahar (River)! Let Yamm collapse in a heap,
and let him fall to the ground!' Then the mace leapt from the hand of Baal,
like a falcon from his fingers. It struck the skull of Prince Yamm,
the brow of Ruler Nahar. Yamm collapsed in a heap; he fell to the ground.
His joints trembled, and his visage was discomposed.
Baal gathered Up and drank Prince Yamm to the dregs, he exterminated Ruler Nahar.
By name Athtart chided him Dry him Up, O Valiant Baal!
Dry him up, O Charioteer of the Clouds! For our captive is Prince [Yamm], [for]
our captive is Ruler Nahar. And […] goes out […]
Valiant Baal dries him up, and […]
Yamm is surely dead! Baal shall [reign]
[…] And [he answers]
he answers: Yamm is surely dead! […]
[…] And [she answers]
Baal […]
[…]
on his head […]
his enemy […]
between his eyes […]
1.3 I · Baal Cycle
[…]
He served Exalted Baal;
he waited on Prince Baal of the Earth.
Rising up, he set and served him food.
and fed him.
He sliced a breast before him —
with a salt-saw , an unctuous slice.
Waiting ready, he poured and served him drink.
He put a cup in his hand —
a goblet in both his hands:
a large and mighty jug,
a drinking-horn for men of heaven, a sacred cup, not for women to see,
a goblet, not for Athirat to eye.
He took a thousand pitchers of wine;
he mixed a million in his mixed drink.
Rising up, he chanted, and he sang;
cymbals accompanied the dulcet performance.
The hero sang with sweetest voice
of Baal upon the summit of Mount Sapan.
Baal kept looking over at his girls.
He eyed Pidray, daughter of Lightning,
then Tallay, (daughter) of Rain.
Pidray, he began to explore —
both of them, the noble brides.
[…]
[…]
1.3 II · Baal Cycle
[…]
Henna enough for seven girls,
scent of coriander and murex. Anat did close the gates of the mansion,[14]
and she met the pages at the foot of the rock.
And behold! Anat fought in the vale,[15]
battled between the two cities,
struck the people,
silenced the men of the sun-rise.
Heads were like balls beneath her,
palms above her like locusts,
palms of warriors like avenging grasshoppers.
She did stick the heads on her waist,
did bind the palms to her sash. She plunged her knees in the blood of the guards,
her skirts in the gore of the warriors.
With her shafts she drove forth the old men,[16]
with her bowstring the townspeople.
Then behold! Anat proceeded to her house,[17]
the goddess started for her palace;
but she was not sated with her fighting in the vale,[18]
her battling between the two cities. She arranged chairs for the warriors,
she did arrange tables for the soldiers,
stools for the heroes.
Anat fought hard and looked,[19]
she battled and surveyed the scene;
her liver swelled with laughter,
her heart was filled with joy, the liver of Anat with triumph,
as she plunged her knees in the blood of the guards,
her skirts in the gore of the warriors,
until she was sated with fighting in the house,
with battling between the tables. The blood of the guards was wiped from the house
and oil of a peace-offering was poured from a bowl.
The virgin Anat washed her hands,
the sister-in-law of peoples her fingers;
she washed her hands of the blood of the guards,
her fingers of the gore of the warriors.
She did put back chairs with chairs, tables with tables,
she put back stools with stools.
She scooped up water and washed herself,
dew of heaven and oil of earth, showers of the rider on the clouds,
dew that the heavens poured upon her,
showers that the stars did pour upon her.
1.3 III · Baal Cycle
She decorated herself with purple cloth, which takes a thousand fields
to harvest from the sea.
[…]
[You will see her] holding her lyre in her hands,
placing her lute to her breast: a song of the love of Exalted Baal,
of the passion of Pidray, daughter of Lightning,
of the affection of Tallay, daughter of Rain, of the love of Arsay, daughter of Netherworld.
Next, enter like a pair of acolytes,
and bow to the ground before Anat’s feet.
Prostrate yourselves; show her respect.
Then say to Maiden Anat —
repeat to the Kinswoman of the People:
“A message from Exalted Baal; words from the Exalted Warrior.
Come find battle in the land;
leave love in the dust.
Pour peace into the chasms of the land,
harmony into the chasms of the fields.
Hasten, hustle, hurry up!
“Let your feet run to me, let your legs race to me,
for I have thoughts to tell you,
and I have words to share:
a thought of trees and a murmur of stone,
a whisper between heaven and earth,
between the deep and the stars.
“I understand the lightning beyond the heavens’ ken,[20]
the thoughts beyond human knowledge, that which the throngs below cannot understand.
Come, and I will show it:[21]
deep inside my mountain, holy Sapan,
in the sacred space on my native peak,
in the paradise upon the hill of victory.”
Watch! Anat sees the gods. Below, her feet start shaking.[22]
All around, her limbs are shivering.
Up above, her face sweats. Shudders wrack the bones of every limb;
the bones within her spine turn weak. She spoke up and cried out,[23]
“Why have Gupan and Ugar come here?
What enemy rises up against Baal?
What rival faces the Cloud-Rider? Didn’t I crush El’s beloved, Yamm (Ocean)?
Didn’t I annihilate Nahar (River), the great god?
Didn’t I leash Dragon and bind him in a saddle?
I crushed the Sinuous Serpent, Encircler,
the seven-headed monster.
I crushed the gods’ beloved, Arsha.
I ravaged El’s young bull, Ataka.
I crushed the gods’ she-wolf, Fire.
I annihilated El’s daughter, Zabiba. I’ve reaped silver from my fighting;
I’ve taken possession of gold of those who drove Baal from the heights of Sapan”
1.3 IV · Baal Cycle
knocking him like a bird from his perch[24]
and drove him from the throne of his kingship
from the back-rest, from the siege of his dominion.
What enemy rises up against Baal, what rival against the Cloud-Rider?
The lads answered, they replied: “No enemy rises up
against Baal, no rival against the Cloud-Rider.
“A message from Exalted Baal; words from the Exalted
Warrior: Come find battle in the land;
leave love in the dust. Pour peace
into the chasms of the land, harmony into the chasms of the fields.
Hasten, hustle, hurry up! To me let your feet
[run], to me let your legs race,
[for a word] I have, and I will tell you; a matter
[and I will repeat to you]: a thought of trees and a murmur
[of stone], a thought humans [do not] know, [and] [do not] understand
[the throngs] of the earth, a [whisper] [of heaven] [with] earth,
of the deep [with] [the stars]. [I understand] [the lightning]
that the heavens do not know. [Come], and I
will [show it] [inside] my mountain, divine Sapan,
in the [sacred space], on the mountain of my inheritance.”
And Maiden Anat answered, she replied,
the [Kinswoman] of the People: “I will find
battle in the [land], I will leave in the dust
love; I will pour [peace] into the chasms of the land,
[harmony] into the chasms of the fields. Let him set
[in the heavens], Baal, […]
[the Cloud-Rider] […]. I will find
battle in the land, I myself,
I will leave love in the dust, I will pour
peace into the chasms of the land, harmony
into the chasms of the fields. And another word
I will tell you: Go, go, attendants of the gods!
You are slow, but I hasten.
[…] far from the gods, Inbub
far from the deities, two […]
[…] beneath the earth, three […]”
Then she set her face towards Baal
on the heights of Sapan, across a thousand fields, ten thousand acres.
Baal saw his sister coming, the approach
of his father’s daughter. He sent the women away from his presence;
he set an ox before her, a fatling right
in front of her. She scooped up water and washed herself,
dew of heaven and oil of earth, dew that the heavens poured upon her,
showers that the stars did pour upon her.
She decorated herself with purple cloth, which takes a thousand fields
to harvest from the sea […]
“A house [for Baal like the gods], [and a dwelling]
like the sons of [Athirat]: [the home of El], [the shelter]
of his sons, the home [of Lady Athirat of the Sea],
the home of Pidray, [daughter of Light], [the shelter]
of Tallay, daughter of Rain, [the home of Arsay],
daughter of Ybdr, [the home of the brides],
the noble ones.” And [Maiden Anat] answered:
“Bull El [my father] will reply to me,
he will reply to me, and to him [I will reply].
1.3 V · Baal Cycle
“I shall trample him like a lamb to the ground;[25]
I shall make his gray hair run with blood, the gray hair of his beard with gore,
if he does not give a house to Baal like the gods,
and a dwelling like the sons of Athirat!” She stamped her feet, and the earth shook.[26]
Then she set her face towards El at the source of the rivers,
amidst the springs of the two deeps.
She rolled back the tent of El, and came to the pavilion of the King, the Father of the Bright One.
She came to the territory, the tent of the creator.
Bull El her father heard her voice. El replied from within the seven chambers,
through the eight façades of the closed rooms:
[…]
Above […]
“At the feet of the divine assistants I fall: I am much afraid!
Much […]
Will the Luminary of the gods, Shapshu, carry me off,
the Burning One, strength of the heavens, into the hands of divine Mot?”
Then Virgin Anat replied: “Do not let the sons of your house, O El, do not let the daughters of your house rejoice,[27]
do not let the children of your palace rejoice!
I shall surely seize them in my right hand,[28]
and smite them by the strength of my long arm! I shall strike the top of your skull,
and make your gray hair run with blood, the gray hair of your beard with gore!”
El replied from within the seven chambers, through the eight façades of the closed rooms:[29]
“I know you, daughter, that you are pitiless,
and that among goddesses there is no contempt like yours! What do you desire of me, O Virgin Anat?”
And Virgin Anat replied:[30]
“Your word, El, is wise; you are everlastingly wise;
a life of good fortune is your word.
Our king is Valiant, Baal is our ruler; there is none who is above him.
We should all carry his chalice, we should all carry his cup.”
Groaning, he cries to Bull El his father, to El the king who begot him.
He cries to Athirat and her sons, to the goddess and the band of her kinsmen:
“There is no house for Baal like the gods, nor dwelling like the sons of Athirat.
El has a home, his sons have shelters,
the Great Lady-who-tramples-Yamm has a home,
Pidray daughter of Light has a home, Tallay daughter of Shower has a shelter;
Arsay, daughter of Snatcher-for-ever has a home, the perfect brides have homes.”
[…]
[…] earth
1.3 VI · Baal Cycle
How shall we bring gifts to Lady Athirat
of the Sea, offer presents to the Creatress of the Gods,
and give a house to Baal like
the gods, and a dwelling like the sons
of Athirat? Aloud to his lads
Baal cries: “Look, Gupan
and Ugar, sons of […]
[…], sons of darkness,
[…]
[…]
clouds beneath […]
[…] birds […]
[…] [on your head]
[…] lightning between your eyes.
[…] a thousand
[…] in the sea, ten thousand
[…] in the rivers.
Cross Byblos, cross
[…], cross […]
[…] heaven […]
O fisherman of Athirat,
come, O Qudshu-wa-Amrur.
Then you are to set
your faces toward Hikuptah,
[…]; Kaphtor
is the throne of his dwelling, Hikuptah
the land of his inheritance.
Across a thousand fields, ten thousand
acres, at the feet of Kothar
bow and fall down, prostrate
yourselves and show him respect.
Then say to Kothar
-wa-Hasis, repeat to Hay-
-yin, the craftsman of the hands:
“A message from [Exalted Baal];
[words from the Exalted Warrior].”
1.4 I · Baal Cycle
[…]
In lament, he calls out to Bull El, his father.
He speaks to El, the King who gave him life.
He cries out to Athirat and her offspring
The goddess and her clan.
[and the brood of] her [kin]:
He laments that Baal has no home like the other gods
No court like the sons of Athirat.
The dwelling of El is the refuge of his children
The dwelling of Lady Athirat of the Sea.
The dwelling of the Noble Brides
The dwelling of Pidray, Daughter of Light
The refuge of Tallay, Daughter of Showers
The dwelling of Arsay, Daughter of the Wide World.
Now, I bring up a second matter[31]
Please prepare a gift for Lady Athirat of the Sea
A present for the Creator of the Gods.[32]
The Skilled One approaches the bellows
With tongs held by Hasis.
He molds silver, he pours gold
He molds silver in the thousands
Gold he pours by the myriads.
by the myriads […]
He molds a grand canopy and couch
A grand dais two myriads in weight
A grand dais coated in silver
Covered with fluid gold.
A grand throne with a seat of gold
A grand footstool overlaid in electrum.
that is spread […]
Grand laced sandals
With gold poured over them.
A grand table adorned with figures
Creatures from the Earth's foundation.
of the foundations of the earth.
A grand bowl with flocks like Amurru's
Carved like the beasts of Yaman
With buffalo by the myriads.
1.4 II · Baal Cycle
[…]
[…]
She takes her spindle in her hand
A mighty spindle in her right.
Her garment she dips in the sea
Her two robes in the rivers
Her robes, the skin's cover.
She places a pot on the fire
A pot on the glowing coals.
While she shows servitude before Bull El the Kind
Respect to the Creator of Creatures.
When she lifts her eyes, she sees
Athirat notes Baal's arrival.
The arrival of Young Anat
The approach of the People's In-law.
Her feet tremble
Her loins quake
Sweat beads her face
Her loins convulse
The bones in her back weaken.
She raises her voice and asks:
Why has Mightiest Baal arrived?
Why has Young Anat come?
Would you kill me or my sons
Or destroy my brood?
Silver's gleam catches Athirat's eye
The glint of silver, the shine of gold.
Lady Athirat of the Sea celebrates
She exclaims to her attendant:
Behold the skilled work, also ...
Fisher of Lady Athirat of the Sea.
Take a net in your hand ...
A large one in your grip ...
In the Beloved of El, the Sea
In the Divine Sea
River, the God. Mightiest Baal
Young [Anat]
What […]
And […]
Athirat […]
[…]
[…]
King […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.4 III · Baal Cycle
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] and through every generation
[…]
[…] the gods […]
Young Anat, Mightiest Baal responds
The Cloudrider testifies:
He stood and insulted me
He arose and spat on me
Among the assembly of El's sons. Disgrace I sipped from my table
[…] at my table, contempt
Dishonor I drank from my cup.
Two feasts Baal despises
Three, the Cloudrider: A feast of shame, a feast of degradation
And a feast of maidens' lewdness.
For shame is seen there
And the lewdness of maidens.
Just when Mightiest Baal arrives
Young Anat arrives
They plead with Lady Athirat of the Sea
Beg the Creatress of the Gods.
And Lady Athirat of the Sea responds:
Why do you plead with Lady Athirat of the Sea?
Why do you beg the Creatress of the Gods?
Have you pleaded with Bull El the Kind
Or begged the Creator of Creatures? And Young Anat responds.
Let us plead with Lady Athirat of the Sea
Let us implore the Creatress of the Gods
We will seek his favor. Mightiest Baal.
Lady Athirat of the Sea, Young Anat
As the gods eat and drink
A breast's suckling is offered
With a salted knife, a slice of fatling.
They sip wine from goblets
From golden cups, the blood of trees.
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.4 IV · Baal Cycle
Bull El, Father And Lady Athirat of the Sea replies
Listen, Qudshu-wa-Amrur
Fisher of Lady Athirat of the Sea
Tie the donkey, bind the mule;
Set ropes of silver
Bridles of gold;
Prepare my ass.
Qudshu-wa-Amrur obliges.
He ties the donkey, binds the mule;
He arranges ropes of silver
Bridles of gold;
He prepares her ass.
Qudshu-wa-Amrur fastens
Positions Athirat on a donkey's back
On the beautiful back of a mule
Qudshu begins to glow
Amrur, like a star.
Ahead Young Anat leads
While Baal ascends Sapan's peak.
Now she travels
To El at the River's springs
Among the Deeps' streams.
She reaches El's mountain and enters
The tent of the King, the Father of Years.
At El's feet she bows and prostrates
She honors him.
There El notices her
He smiles and laughs.
He stamps his feet on the footstool
And twirls his fingers. He raises his voice and asks
Why has Lady Athirat of the Sea arrived?
Why has the Creatress of the Gods come?[33]
Are you famished from your travels
Or are you parched from your journey?
Eat or drink:
Consume food from the tables
Sip wine from goblets From a golden cup, the blood of trees.
Or does El the King's 'hand' excite you
The love of the Bull stir you?
And Lady Athirat of the Sea replies:
Your decree, El, is wise
You possess eternal wisdom Victory is your decree.
Our king is Mightiest Baal
Our ruler, with none above him.
All of us will gift him
All of us will offer him a cup.
In sorrow he calls to Bull El, his Father
To El, the King who created him. He cries to Athirat and her sons
The goddess and her brood:
For Baal lacks a house like the gods
A court like Athirat's sons.
El's dwelling is his children's shelter
The dwelling of Lady Athirat of the Sea
The dwelling of the Noble Brides
The dwelling of Pidray, Daughter of Light
The refuge of Tallay, Daughter of Showers
The dwelling of Arsay, Daughter of the Wide World.
And Kind El the Benevolent replies:
So am I a slave, Athirat a servant?
Am I a laboring slave
Or Athirat a servant who molds bricks?
Let a house be built for Baal like the gods
1.4 V · Baal Cycle
A court, like Athirat's sons.[34]
And Lady Athirat of the Sea responds:[35]
You are great, El, so very wise;
The gray hair of your beard instructs you
Your soft beard down to your chest.
So now may Baal enrich with his rain
May he enrich with abundant water in a downpour.
And may he give his voice in the clouds
May he flash lightning to the earth.
Is it a cedar house that he would complete
Or a brick house that he would construct
Let it be told to Mightiest Baal:
Invite a caravan into your house,
commodities amid your palace.
The mountains will bring you ample silver,
the hills, the finest gold;
the top-tier ore will be brought to you.
So build a house of silver and gold,
a house of pure stones, of lapis lazuli.
Young Anat rejoices; she stamps
her feet and leaves the ground.
Now she travels
to Baal on the heights of Sapan,
across a thousand fields, ten thousand hectares.
Young Anat laughs; she raises
her voice and cries out: Hear good news, Baal!
I bring you good news. There will be given
to you a house like your brothers, and a court
like your kin. Invite a caravan
into your house, commodities amid
your palace. The mountains will bring you
ample silver, the hills the finest
gold. So build a house of silver
and gold, a house of pure stones,
Mightiest Baal exults;
He invites a caravan into his home
Commodities amid his palace.
The mountains contribute ample silver
The hills, the finest gold;
The top-tier ore is brought to him.
He summons Kothar-wa-Hasis.
And turns to the passage in the text:
When the boys are dispatched.
Then Kothar-wa-Hasis arrives;
He places an ox before him
A fatling right in front of him. A throne is arranged, and he takes a seat[36]
At the right hand of Mightiest Baal
As the gods dine and drink.[37]
Mightiest Baal declares:
[…] [Kothar-wa-Hasis]
Hurry, the house, Kothar
Quickly construct the palace.
You must promptly build the house
You must swiftly construct the palace
On the peak of Sapan.
Let the house span a thousand fields
The palace, ten thousand hectares.
And Kothar-wa-Hasis replies:[38]
Listen, Mightiest Baal
Comprehend, Cloudrider:
Shall I not fix a window in the house
A vent in the midst of the palace?
And Mightiest Baal retorts:
You shall not install a window in the house
A vent in the midst of the palace.
1.4 VI · Baal Cycle
And Kothar-wa-Hasis responds:[39]
You will revert, Baal, to my suggestion.
Kothar-wa-Hasis inquires again:
Please hear, Mightiest Baal:
Shall I not fit a window in the house
A vent in the midst of the palace?
And Mightiest Baal retorts:
You shall not install a window in the house
A vent in the midst of the palace.
So that Pidray, Daughter of Light
Tallay, Daughter of Showers
The Beloved of El, Yamm, do not ... And spat ...
[…] insulted me and spat
And Kothar-wa-Hasis replies:
You will return, Baal, to my suggestion.
Swiftly, he builds his house
Quickly, he raises his palace.
He sends to Lebanon for its timber
To Siryon for its prime cedar.
Indeed to Lebanon for its timber
To Siryon for its choice cedar.
A fire is kindled in the house
A flame within the palace.[40]
Behold! For one day, then two Fire blazes in the house
A flame within the palace.
For a third day, then a fourth
Fire burns in the house
A flame within the palace.
For a fifth day, then a sixth Fire blazes in the house
A flame within the palace.
Then, on the seventh day
The fire departs the house
The flame, the palace.
The silver has transformed into plates
The gold into bricks. Mightiest Baal exults:
I have built my house of silver
My palace of gold.
Baal organizes for his dwelling[41]
Haddu arranges for his palace.
He slaughters large livestock and small:
He slaughters bulls and fatling rams
Year-old calves
Sheep in droves, and kids.
He invites his siblings into his house
His kin within his palace;
He invites the seventy sons of Athirat.
He offers the gods rams
Offers the goddesses ewes.
He offers the gods bulls
Offers the goddesses cows.
He offers the gods thrones
Offers the goddesses seats.
He offers the gods jars of wine
Offers the goddesses cruets of wine.
As the gods dine, drink
A suckling of the breast is offered
With a salted knife, a cut of fatling.
They drink wine from goblets
From gold cups, the blood of trees.
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.4 VII · Baal Cycle
[…] lapis lazuli […]
[…] Mightiest Baal
[…] the Beloved of El,
Yamm […] on the crown of his head
[…]
[…] the gods on Sapan.
He journeys from city to city
He traverses from town to town.
Sixty-six cities he seizes
Seventy-seven towns.
Eighty Baal ... Ninety Baal ...
Baal takes his throne within the house.[42]
And Mightiest Baal declares:
I will install, O Kothar, Son of Sea[43]
Kothar, Son of the Confluence:
Let a window be opened in the house
A vent in the midst of the palace.
So let a gap in the clouds be opened
According to the word of Kothar-wa-Hasis.
Kothar-wa-Hasis chuckles
He raises his voice and proclaims:
I truly told you, O Mightiest Baal:
You will return to my word.
He opens a window in the house[44]
A vent in the midst of the palace.
Baal opens a gap in the clouds
Baal releases his sacred voice.
Baal pronounces the matter of his lips
His sacred voice, the earth quakes
The high places of the Earth tremble.
[…]
Baal's enemies retreat to the woods
The haters of Haddu to the mountain sides.
And Mightiest Baal declares:
O Foes of Haddu, why do you tremble?
Why tremble, O Arms-bearers of the Warrior?
Baal surveys the East; Indeed, his hand trembles
With a cedar in his right hand.
So Baal is seated in his house:
Will either king or commoner
Establish a dominion land?
So I will send an emissary to Divine Mot
A messenger to El's Beloved, the Hero
That he may summon Mot with his voice
Instruct the Beloved with his insides.
I myself am the one who rules over the gods
Indeed ordains for gods and men
Who satisfies the multitudes of the Earth.
Baal loudly tells his lads:
Look, Gupan and Ugar
Sons of the Maiden, Kin of the Sea
Sons of ... Exalted First-Born
[…]
[…] [in] the clouds
[…] beneath
[…]
[…]
1.4 VIII · Baal Cycle
Then you shall set off[45]
To Mount (TRGZZ)
To Mount (THRMG)
The two hills at Earth's edge.
Lift the mountain in your hands
The hill atop your palms.
And descend to Hell, the House of Freedom
Be counted among those descended to Hell.
who go down into the earth.
Then you shall set off
To Divine Mot
At his town, the Pit Low, the throne where he sits
Filth, the land of his heritage.
But beware, divine servants:
Do not get too close to Divine Mot
draw near to Divine
Do not let him seize you like a lamb in his mouth
Like a kid crushed in the chasm of his throat.
The Divine Lamp, Shapshu
Ignites the sphere of Heaven
By the power of Divine Mot.
From across a thousand fields, a myriad hectares
At the feet of Mot bow.
bow and fall down,
prostrate yourselves and honor
him, and say
to Divine Mot,
repeat to the Beloved
of El, the Hero: Message of
Mightiest Baal,
the word of the Mightiest of
[Warriors]: I have built my house
[of silver, I have raised]
[my palace of gold]
[…] my brothers
[…] my brothers
[…] [my house]
[…] [the midst]
[…] I invited
[…] Mot
[…] Divine
[…]
[…] [the Hero]
[…] [Gupan] and Ugar
[…]
[Scribe: Ilimilku], officiant of Niqmaddu, King of Ugarit.
1.5 I · Baal Cycle
Though you struck Litan the wriggling serpent,[46]
finished off the writhing serpent,
Encircler-with-seven-heads,
the skies will be hot, they will shine
when I tear you in pieces: I shall devour you,
elbows, blood and forearms;
You will indeed go down into the throat of divine Mot (death),
into the maw of the Beloved of El, the hero.
The gods departed and did not stay. Then they set their faces[47]
towards the lord of the heights of Sapan,
and Gupan and Ugar said:
Message of divine Mot (death),
word of the Beloved of El, the hero:
My appetite is the appetite of the lion in the wasteland
as the desire of the shark is in the sea;
as wild bulls yearn for pools, or the hind longs for the spring.
Look, in truth does my throat devour clay
and with both my hands I devour them.
My seven portions are on the plate,
and Nahar has mixed my cup.
For Baal did not invite me with my brothers,
nor did Haddu summon me with my kinsmen,
but he ate food with my brothers,
and drank wine with my kinsmen!
But you forget, Baal, that I can indeed pierce you,
Though you struck Litan the wriggling serpent,[48]
finished off the writhing serpent,
Encircler-with-seven-heads, the heavens will be hot, they will shine
when I tear you in pieces, I shall devour you, thighs, blood and forearms; you will indeed go down into the throat of divine Mot (death), into the maw of the Beloved of El, the hero.
1.5 II · Baal Cycle
[…][49]
He extends a lip to the earth, a lip to the heavens,
he extends a tongue to the stars. Baal must enter his belly,
down into hs mouth he must go,
since he scorched the olive, the produce of the earth,
and the fruit of the trees. Valiant Baal was afraid of him;
Valiant Warrior was in dread of him.
Depart, say to divine Mot,
declare to the Beloved of El, the hero:
Message of Valiant Baal, word of Valiant Warrior:
Greetings, O divine Mot,
your servant am I, and forever.
The gods departed and did not stay. Then they set their faces
towards divine Mot (death),
towards his city Muddy, a pit the seat of his enthronement,
a crevice the land of his inheritance. They lifted lip their voices and cried:
Message of Valiant Baal,
word of Valiant Warrior:
Greetings, O divine Mot, your servant am I, and forever so.
Divine Mot (death) rejoiced,
he lifted up his voice and cried: Why, has Baal invited me with my brothers,
has Haddu summoned me with my kinsmen?
[…] my food
[…]
[…] my joy
[…] departed […]
[…]
1.5 III · Baal Cycle
[…]
[…] dwelling […]
great, a dwelling […]
[…] earth […]
[…]
[…] for the son […]
[…] for the son […]
[…] like the stars […]
[…] Mot, I call […]
the Beloved, in the midst […]
I will not put […]
I will overturn you […]
there, and […]
and go, gods […]
lovely among the gods […]
[…]
[…]
[…] Mot, I call […]
the Beloved, in the midst […]
and go, gods […]
and say to [the son] […]
with a great many sheep […]
a great many sheep and […]
[…]
[…] Mot, I call […]
the Beloved, in the midst […]
there, and go […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.5 IV · Baal Cycle
[…]
[…] your field […]
and to seek […]
a hundred […]
seeks [the earth] […]
He lifted up his voice and cried:
Now where is Baar
where is Haddu
Baal appeared with his seven divine assistants,
with his eight boards
He drew near to eat
food […]
While the gods ate and drank.
the gods were served with suckling animals,
with a jaw-shaped knife fillets of fatling.
They drank goblets of wine,
from cups of gold the juice of grapes.
Cups of silver
goblets of gold
and they repeat […]
[…]
the house of El […]
upon […]
who has sent […]
sent […]
[…]
[…]
1.5 V · Baal Cycle
Valiant Baal
your torch
your right hand
your son will have the appetite of a bull-calf.
I shall place him in a hole of the earth-gods.
As for you, take your clouds,
your winds, your lightnings, your rains,
take with you your seven divine assistants,
your eight boars,
take with you Pidray, daughter of Light,
take with you Tallay, daughter of Shower; then set your face towards the mountain of my gullet.
Raise the mountain on your hands,
the hill on top of your palms, and go down into the house of the couch.J5 of the earth,
be numbered among those who go down into the earth,
And you will know, god, that you are mortal.
Valiant Baal obeyed,
He loved a heifer in the pastureland.
a cow in the steppe by the shore of death. He lay with her seventy-seven times,
she made him mount eighty-eight times.
And he impregnated her and she bore a young male;
Valiant Baal caused him to be clothed.
[…]
[…] on his chest
[…]
1.5 VI · Baal Cycle
Then they set their faces indeed towards El at the source of the rivers at the midst of the springs of the two deeps. They rolled back the tent of El
and came to the pavilion of the King, the Father of the Bright One.
They lifted up their voices and cried:[50]
We travelled to the ends of the earth,
to the edge of the abyss;
we came to Paradise the land of pasture,
to Delight, the steppe by the shore of death.
We came upon Baal fallen to the earth:
dead was Valiant Baal,
perished was the Prince, Lord of the earth![51]
Then the Wise One, the perceptive god,[52]
went down from his throne:
he sat on his footstool. And from his footstool
he sat on the ground. He poured the ashes of affliction on his head,
the dust of grovelling on his skull
For clothing he put on a loin-cloth
His skin with a stone he scored,
his side-locks with a razor;
he gashed cheeks and chin.
He ploughed his collar-bones,
he turned over like a garden his chest, like a valley he ploughed his breast
He lifted up his voice and cried:
Baal is dead! What has become of the Powerful One?
The Son of Dagan! What has become of Tempest?
After Baal I shall go down into the underworld. Anat also went out,
and searched every mountain in the midst of the earth,
every hill in the midst of the steppe.
She came to Paradise, the land of pasture,
Delight, the steppe by the shore of death.
She found Baal,
fallen to the earth. For clothing she put on a loincloth.
1.6 I · Baal Cycle
for Baal.
She cut skin with a stone, […] [with a razor].
She gashed cheeks and chin; […]
she plowed her upper arm like a garden,
her chest like a valley […] her back.
Baal is dead! What of the people? The Son of Dagan,
what of the multitudes? After Baal we will go down
into the earth. With her went down the Lamp
of the Gods, Shapshu. Until she was sated with weeping,
she drank tears like wine. Aloud
she cried to Shapshu, Lamp of the Gods:
Load Valiant Baal onto me, please.
Shapshu, Lamp of the Gods, listened.
She lifted Valiant Baal onto the shoulder
of Anat. When she had set him there, she brought him up
into the uttermost parts of Sapan. She wept for him
and buried him. She put him in a hole
of the gods of the earth. She slaughtered seventy
wild bulls as an offering for Valiant
Baal. She slaughtered seventy oxen
[as] an offering for Valiant Baal.
[She slaughtered] seventy sheep
[as an offering] for Valiant Baal.
[She slaughtered] seventy deer
[as an offering] for Valiant Baal.
[She slaughtered seventy] mountain goats
[as an offering for Valiant] Baal.
[She slaughtered seventy] roe deer
[as an offering] for Valiant Baal.
[…] Anat
[…] the gods.
[Then] she set her face toward
[El] at the source of the two rivers, amid
She rolled back the tent of El
and came to the pavilion of the king, the Father of the Bright One.
At the feet of El she bowed and fell down,[53]
she paid him homage and honoured him.
She lifted up her voice and cried: Let her rejoice now
Athirat and her sons, the goddess and the band of her kinsmen!
For dead is Valiant Baal,
for perished is the Prince, Lord of the Earth!
Aloud cried El to the Great Lady-who-tramples-Yamm
Listen, O Great Lady-who-tramples-Yamm.
Give the first of your sons;
I shall make him king.
And the Great Lady-who-tramples-Yamm replied
Shall we not make king one who has knowledge and wit?
And the Compassionate, El of mercy, replied
LLet the finest of pigments be ground,
let the people of Baal prepare unguents,
the people of the the Son of Dagan crushed herbs.
The Great Lady-who-tramples-Yamm replied:[54]
Indeed, let us make Athtar the Brilliant king
Athtar the Brilliant shall rule!
Then Athtar the Brilliant went up into the uttermost parts of Sapan;
he sat on the throne of Valiant Baal.
But his feet did not reach the footstool;
Then Athtar the Brilliant said:
I shall not rule in the uttermost parts of Sapan!
Athtar the Brilliant came down,
he came down from the throne of Valiant Baal,
and ruled in the earth
[…] drew water in wide jars,
[…] drew water in jars.
1.6 II · Baal Cycle
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
passed, and [the] Maiden [Anat]
sought him. Like the heart of a cow
for her calf, like the heart of a ewe
for her lamb, so was the heart of Anat
after Baal. She seized Mot
by the hem of his garment, she gripped [him]
by the edge of his robe. She lifted up her voice and cried:
You, Mot, give me my brother!
And divine Mot answered: What
do you ask, Maiden Anat?
I myself went about and roamed every
mountain to the heart of the earth, every hill
to the heart of the fields. My appetite lacked
humans; my appetite lacked the multitudes
of the earth. I came to the pleasant land
of pasture, the lovely field of Shahlmmt.
I approached Valiant Baal;[55]
I set him like a lamb in my mouth;
like a kid he was crushed in my jaws.
Shapshu, Lamp of the Gods, glowed hot;
the heavens grew weak at the hand of divine Mot.
A day, two days passed; from days
to months. The Maiden Anat sought him.
Like the heart of a cow for her calf, like the heart
of a ewe for her lamb, so was the heart
of Anat after Baal. She seized
divine Mot. With a sword
she split him; with a sieve she winnowed
him; in fire she burned him;
with millstones she ground him; in the field
she sowed him. His flesh was eaten by
birds; his portions were consumed by
fowl. Flesh cried out to flesh.
1.6 III · Baal Cycle
for perished is the Prince, [Lord of the Earth].
But if [Valiant Baal] lives,
if the Prince, Lord [of the Earth], is present,
in a dream of the Compassionate, El of mercy,
in a vision of the Creator of Creatures,
let the heavens rain oil,
let the wadis run with honey,
and I will know that Valiant Baal lives,
that the Prince, Lord of the Earth, is present.
In a dream of the Compassionate, El of mercy,
in a vision of the Creator of Creatures,
the heavens rained oil,
the wadis ran with honey.
The Compassionate, El of mercy, rejoiced;
he put his feet on the footstool,
he unknit his brow and laughed.
He lifted up his voice and cried:
I can sit down and rest,
and my soul can rest in my breast,
for Valiant Baal lives,
for the Prince, Lord of the Earth, is present.
Aloud El cried to Maiden
Anat: Listen, Maiden Anat!
Say to Shapshu, Lamp of the Gods:
1.6 IV · Baal Cycle
Parched are the furrows of the fields, O Shapshu;
parched are the furrows of El's fields; […]
Baal […] the furrows of the plowland.
Where is Valiant Baal?
Where is the Prince, Lord of the Earth?
Maiden Anat set off. […]
Then she set her face
toward Shapshu, Lamp of the Gods.
She lifted up her voice and cried:
Message of Bull El, your father,
word of the Compassionate, your begetter:
Parched are the furrows of the fields, O Shapshu;
parched are the furrows of El's fields; […]
Baal […] the furrows of his plowland.
Where is Valiant Baal?
Where is the Prince, Lord of the Earth?
And Shapshu, Lamp of the Gods, answered:
[…]
[…]
and I will seek Valiant Baal.
And Maiden Anat answered:
Wherever you go, O Shapshu,
wherever you go, may El guard [you],
[…] guard you […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.6 V · Baal Cycle
Baal seized the sons of Athirat.
The great ones he struck on the shoulder;
[…] he struck with a club;
the small ones he dragged to the ground.
Then Baal [sat] on the throne of his kingship,
[…] on the seat of his dominion.
For days, for months, for months,
for years. Then in the seventh
year divine Mot […]
to Valiant Baal. He lifted up
his voice and cried: Because of you, Baal,
I suffered disgrace; because of you I suffered
splitting with the sword; because of you
I suffered burning in the fire;
because of you [I suffered grinding] in mill-
stones; [because of you] I suffered [winnowing] in a sieve;
because of you I suffered […]
in the fields; because of you I suffered
sowing in the sea. Give one
of your brothers, that I may eat, and (my anger) will turn back.
[…] if
you do not give one of your brothers,
then […]
[…] I will consume [humankind],
I will consume the multitudes [of the earth].
And […] fell […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.6 VI · Baal Cycle
[…] drove him off,
[…] expelled him.
[…]
[…]
[…] Mot
Mot, the Powerful One,
Divine Mot ate his seven divine assistants.[56]
Divine Mot cried:
“Look! It is my brothers whom Baal has given me for my meal,
my mother’s sons for my consumption!”
He returned to Baal in the recesses of Sapan.
He lifted up his voice and cried:
“It is my brothers you have given me, Baal, for my meal,
my mother’s sons for my consumption!”
They glowered at each other like burning coals.[57]
Mot was strong; Baal was strong.
They gored like wild bulls. Mot was strong; Baal was strong.
They bit like serpents.
Mot was strong; Baal was strong.
They tugged like hunting-dogs. Mot fell. Baal fell on top of him.
Shapshu cried to Mot:[58]
“Listen, pray, O divine Mot!
How can you fight with Valiant Baal?
How will Bull El your father not hear you?
He will surely pull down the pillars of your dwelling,
he will surely overturn the throne of your kingship,
he will surely break the scepter of your rule!”
Divine Mot was afraid; the Beloved of El, the hero, was in dread.[59]
Mot started at her voice and lifted up his voice and cried:
“Let Baal be installed on the throne of his kingship,
on the back-rest, on the siege of his dominion!”
of his dominion […]
[…]
[…]
[…] year […]
[…] El of mercy
[…]
[…]
“Come, pray, to the fresh meat; yes, eat the offering-bread;
[…] fresh; indeed you shall eat
pray drink the libation-wine.
Shapshu, you rule the saviors; Shapshu, you rule the chthonian gods.
the Rephaim are under you;
Shapshu, under you are the divine ones;
Your company are the gods; lo, mortals are your company.
Kothar is your associate, and Hasis is your companion.
and Hasis is your friend.
In the sea of Arsh and the dragon,
Kothar-wa-Hasis, steer the bark!
Pilot the ship, Kothar-wa-Hasis!”
Scribe: Ilimilku the Shubbanite,
pupil of Attenu the diviner, chief
of the priests, chief of the herdsmen,
official of Niqmaddu, king of Ugarit,
lord of Yrgb, master of Trmn.
1.7 · Baal Cycle
[…] [her gir]dle. She tied on h[eads]
[to her back] […]; she ent[ers] her house.
[…] [and was not sated]; she [fi]ghts in the valley,
[she battles between the two cities. She sets out tables] for soldiers, chai[rs]
[for warriors. Fiercely she fights and] looks on; she battles
[and Anat gazes. Her liver swells with laugh]ter, her heart fills
[with joy, the liver of Anat with victory. Beneath her] heads are like balls,
[above her hands are like locusts] […]; [kn]ees she plunges in blood
[of soldiers, thighs in the gore of warriors] […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
And she […]
until she is sa[ted] […]
[…]
Pouring […]
She washes [her] hands […]
when o[il] is poured […]
She sets […] [to her breast, a song for the love of Mightiest Baal],
the love of Pid[ray, daughter of Light, the affection of Tallay, daughter of Showers, the love]
of Arsay, daughter of Y[bdr].
Say to the Maid[en Anat, repeat to the Sister-in-law of the Peoples: Message of Mightiest Baal],
the word of the Mig[htiest of Warriors]: […]
[…] in the du[st] […]; [pour peace into the heart of the earth] […]
into the heart of the fi[elds. Hurry, hasten, rush to me; let your feet]
[ru]n to me, [let your legs make haste. For I have a word that I would tell you],
a message that I would re[peat to you, a word of tree]
and a whisper of stone, [the murmur of the heavens with the earth, of the deeps]
with the stars. […] [lightning that the heavens do not know]. [Come],
and I will rev[eal it] […]
[…]
Henna of seven daugh[ters], […]
The gat[es of Anat's house] were shut, [and she met the young men] […]
Then Anat fi[ghts in the valley, she battles between the two cities. She strikes]
the people of the seashore […]
the gods, and […]
[…]
She sets […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.8 · Fragment on the Building of Baal's House
How to entreat Lady Athirat
[of the Sea], to petition the Creatress of the gods:
“Give a house to Baal like
the gods, and a court like the sons
of Athirat.” Aloud to his lads
Baal cries: “Look, Gupan
and Ugar, sons of […],
[…], sons of [darkness],
[…]
[…]
clouds beneath […]
[…] birds […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.9 · Fragment of a Baal Myth
[…]
[…]
[…]
[Baal] […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
He raises […]
king […]
[…]
[…] gives to them beneath Baal […]
[…] a bow […] Haddu, in […]
[…] Baal […] Yamm […]
[…]
King Nahar […]
Prince Baal, the lad […]
young Haddu and […]
and to Nahar […]
[…]
1.10 I · Baal, Anat and the Birth of a Bull
[…] the Maiden Anat[60]
[…]
[…] that the sons of El do not know
[…] the assembly of the stars
[…] the circle of the heavens
[Mighty] Baal
[…] Rider on the Clouds
[…]
[…] sits on the ground
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] he gives
[the Maiden] Anat
[the In-law of] the Peoples
[…]
[sits] on the ground
[…] flesh
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.10 II · 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,[61]
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
1.10 III · Baal, Anat and the Birth of a Bull
[…] the cows give birth […][62]
a bull for the Maiden Anat,
and […] for the In-law of the Peoples.
And Mighty [Baal] answers:
“[…] as our creator […]
like the eternal one who formed […]”
Baal strides […]
the god Haddu […]
the Maiden, yes the Maiden [Anat],
and the loveliest of the sisters of [Baal].
Baal goes up on the [mountain],
and the son of Dagan on […]
Baal sits on the throne of [his kingship],
the son of Dagan on the seat of [his dominion].
[…] the bull […][63]
[…] the bull […]
She goes and soars […]
among the lovely, among the [beautiful].
A cow, a cow […]
she bears a bull […]
and a wild ox for […]
She embraces the [cow],
she embraces the cow […]
and covers him with her breast.
He goes up […]
[…]
[…] she goes up on the mountain,
[…] on the mountain of victory,
and she goes up […] to Arar,
into Arar and into Sapan,
into the pleasant place, on the mountain of victory.
Aloud to Baal she proclaims:
“Good news, El! Good news, Baal!
And good news, scion of Dagan:
a bull is born to Baal,
and a wild ox to the Rider on the Clouds.”
Mighty Baal rejoices.
1.11 · Baal and Anat Fragment
[…] and he takes hold of […]
[…] and she takes hold of the testicles
[Ba]al […] to the bull
[Vir]gin Anat
[…] conceives and gives birth
[…] the band of the Kotharat
[Vir]gin Anat
[Mighty] Baal
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.12 I · Baal and the Devourers
[…]
[…] of the earth
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] like the dawn
[…] like […]
Our insides, El our father,
our insides like fire they devour,
our breasts like […] they gnaw.
El laughs in his[64]
heart, and […] in his liver:
“Go out, you, O Tls,
handmaid of Yarih,
O Dmgy, handmaid
of Athirat, take
your chair, your […]
your […], and go out
among the oaks […]
in the midst of the wilderness.
[…]
dig with the forearms
in the dust, with the bones of the hand
[…] writhe, give birth to
the Devourers, […]
and give birth to the […].”
The gods proclaim
their names.
On them are horns
like bulls, and humps
like steers,
and on them the face of Baal.
Baal walks about and hunts,
[…] the edge of the wilderness.
[…] he reaches the Devourers,
and he finds the […].
Baal desires them greatly,
the son of Dagan […].
Baal goes after them on foot,
and the god Haddu […].
1.12 II · Baal and the Devourers
[…]
And […]
[…]
Baal […]
the god Haddu […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
like […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
and […]
Baal […]
the god Haddu […]
[…]
[…] Ba[al] […]
the son of Dagan […]
[…]
[…]
[…] his cup […]
[…]
[…]
The eye of Baal […]
his back […]
the feet of Baal […]
and […]
[…] the Devourers […]
He falls into […]
[…]
[…]
his horns like […]
he, like […]
[…]
[…]
[…] of the fields […]
Seven years the god is full,
and eight cycles, until
like a garment, like a robe, the blood of [his brothers],
like a cloak, the blood of his kinsmen;
for seventy-seven of his brothers [reached him],
and eighty-eight.
The prince of his brothers found him,
and the prince of his kinsmen found him.
[…]
[…] so Baal fell
like a bull, and Haddu sank down
like a steer in the midst of […], Baal.
[…]
[…]
[…] the king […]
[…] the water-drawers of the spring
[…] the house of El
and […] the house of the craftsman.
1.13 · Hymn to Anat
[…] she gives birth
[…] two days,
[…] [three] days. Go!
Slay for [four] days […]
hands […] to your belt,
bind [heads] for your warriors
and your eagles fly to […]
and crouch at your mountain, Inbubu.
[…] your mountain I know.
[I] will give you your dwelling on the roof,
the high [heavens] for you […]
[the stars] there fall like bricks.
[…] like thighs […]
[…] at the edge.
[…] and altars.
[…] above the stars.
Lovely […] she bathes,
the Maiden Anat […] breast
of the peoples. And she goes up to El
her father […] he sits.
He hears you, O cow, and a son […]
of the peoples, a voice in your ear […]
[…]
because you have put on […] messenger
The heavens […] the prince, the king.
The heavens send […]
your sons […] the prince […]
[…] [Anat], the cow.
Baal […] Anat […] a child.
Her inner self did not know her conception […]
[…] Inbubu […]
her hand […] small […]
[…] wind […] clouds
[…] he overturns […]
[…]
1.14 I · Kirta
([Pertaining to "Kir]ta.")
[ ] kin[g ]
[ ] . . . . [ ]
[ Kirta (the Noble) ]
[ Naaman, the La]d of El[ ][65]
[ ] . . . . . . . kinship
[ ] sept. The house
of [a k]ing is destroyed, that had seven
[bro]thers, eight mother's sons.
Kirta in offspring is ruined,[66]
Kirta is undermined of establishment.
His lawful wife he did find,
his legitimate spouse:
he married the woman, and she "departed."
Flesh of kinship had he:
A third died in health;
A quarter by disease.
A fifth was gathered by Rashap;
A sixth by the Lad of Yamm.
A seventh part, by the sword it was felled.
He sees his progeny, Kirta,
He sees his progeny ruined,
wholly undermined his seat,
and in its entirety a posterity perishing,
and in its totality a succession.
He enters his cubicle, he weeps,[67]
an inner chamber and cries.
His tears drop
like shekels to the ground.
His bed was soaked
by his weeping, and he slept
a slumber in his crying.
Sleep prevails (over him?)
and he lies, slumber
and he reclines. And in his dream[68]
El descends, in his vision
the Father of Man (Adam). And he approaches
asking Kirta: "What ails you,
Kirta, that he weeps,
that he cries, Naaman the Lad
of El? Is it the kingship of Bull his father
that he desires, or authority
like the Father of Man (Adam)?" [ ? ]
[Here El doubtless offers
Kirta 'silver and gold and perpetual
slaves,' etc. (cf. ll. 53 ff.; 126 ff.;
137 ff.; 250 ff.; 269 ff.; 282 ff.).
But Kirta replies:
"What need]
[have I of silver and yellow-glittering]
1.14 II · Kirta
[gold]; . . . . . . . . . . .
[and] perpetual [slaves]; a groom,
[horse]s, chariots from the stable of the son of a handmaid?
[Grant that] I may beget [chil]dren;
[grant that] I may multiply [kins]men."—
And Bull, his father El, [replied]:[69]
Stop weeping, Kirta,
stop crying, gracious one, heir of El.
Wash yourself and rouge yourself;
Wash your [h]and to the elbow,
[your] fing[ers] up to the shoulder.
Enter the shade of a pavilion.
Take a lam[b in your hand],
a lamb of sac[rifice in (your)] right hand,
a kid in th[e other han]d,
. . . . . . . . . [ ] . . . . . .
Take a msrr, bird of[70]
sacrifice. Pour wine [into a bo]wl of
silver, honey into a bowl of [g]old.
{Mount to the top of a [to]wer.}
And mount to the top of a [to]wer;
mount up to the summit of the wall. Lift up your hands
to heaven, sacrifice to Bull
your father, El. Serve Baal
with your sacrifice, the Son of Dagan
with your oblation. Then let Kirta
descend from the housetops. Prepare
grain from the granaries,
wheat from the storehouses.
Let bread be baked of a fifth,
food of a sixth month.
Muster Ngb and let it come forth,[71]
the host of the troops of Ngb.
And let come forth the assembled multitude,
your troops, a mighty force:
three hundred myriads;
serfs uncounted,
peasants untold.
They march in thousands closely packed,
and in myriads massed.
After two, two march;[72]
after three, all of them.
The solitary man closes his house;
the widow hires herself
out; the sick man is carried in
(his) bed; the one-eyed man blinks
with one eye. And even the newly wed
bridegroom goes forth: he drives to another
his wife, to a stranger
his beloved.—(They are) like the locusts
that dwell on the steppe,
1.14 III · Kirta
like grasshoppers on the borders of the desert.
March a day and a second; a third, a fourth day;
a fifth, a sixth day. Behold, at sunrise
on the seventh you will arrive at Udum
the Great, even at Udum the Grand.
And attack the villages, harass
the towns. Sweep from the fields
her woodcutters, from the threshing-floors the straw-pickers.
Sweep from the spring the women that draw, from the fountain
the women that fill. Wait a day and a second;
a third, a fourth day; a fifth,
a sixth day: do not shoot your arrows
into the city, (nor) your hand-stone
flung headlong. And behold, at sunrise
on the seventh, King Pabil will
sleep until the noise of the neighing of his stallion,
until the sound of the braying of his donkey,
until the lowing of the plough-ox, the howling
of the watch-dog. Then he will send
two messengers to you, to Kirta,
to the camp:—'Message of King Pabil:
Take silver and yellow-glittering gold;
. . . . . . . . . . and perpetual slaves;
a groom, horses, chariots
from the stable of the son of a handmaid.
Take, Kirta, make peace,
make peace. And flee, O king,
from my house; withdraw, O Kirta,
from my court. Do not harass
Udum the Great, even Udum the Grand.
Udum is a gift of El, even a present
of the Father of Man (Adam).' Then send
the two messengers back to him:—'What need have I[73]
of silver and yellow-glittering gold;
. . . . . . . . . . and perpetual
slaves; a groom, horses, chariots,
from the stables of the son of a handmaid?
A possession that is not in my house you shall give![74]
Give me Lady Hurraya,
the fairest of the offspring of your firstborn;
whose grace is like the grace of Anat,
[whose] beau[ty] like the beauty of Athtart;
whose eyeballs are the pureness of lapis, whose pup[ils]
the gleam of garnet . . . [ ] . .—
let me bask in the brightness of her eyes—
whom in my dream El bestowed,
in my vision the Father of Man (Adam).
And let her bear offspring to Kirta,
and a lad to the Servant of El.'"—
Kirta looked, and (it was) a dream;
the Servant of El, and (it was) a fantasy.—
He washed and rouged himself;
he washed his hands to the elbow,
his fingers up to the shoulder.
He entered the shade of a pavilion. He took
a lamb of offering in his hand,
a kid in the other hand,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
He took a msrr, bird of sacrif[ice].
1.14 IV · Kirta
He poured wine into a bowl of silver,
honey into a bowl of gold. And he mounted
to the top of a tower, he stood astride
the top of the wall. He lifted up
his [han]ds to heaven. He sacrificed
to Bull, his father El. He honored
Baal with his sacrifice, the Son of Dagan
with his [obl]ation. Kirta descended
[from the housetop]s. He prepared grain from the granaries,
wheat from the storehouses.
Bread [was ba]ked of a fifth,
[food] of a sixth mon[th].
He mu[st]ered Ngb and [it came forth, the host]
of the troops of Ng[b. And there came forth the assembled]
multitude, his [troo]ps, [a mighty force]:
thr[ee] hundred myriads.
They marched in thousands closely packed,
and in myriads massed.
After two, two march;
after three, all of them.
The solitary man closes his house;
the widow hires herself
out; the sick man is carried in
(his) bed; the one-eyed man
blinks with one eye.
And (to them) is added the newly wed bridegroom:
he drives to another his wife,
and to a stranger ⟨his⟩ beloved.—
(They are) like the locusts that dwell on
the steppe, like grasshoppers on the borders
of the desert. They march
a day and a second. Then,
at sun[ri]se on the third,
they co[me] to the Holiness
Athirat of Tyre, even to Elath
of Sid[on]. There
[Kir]ta the Noble vo[ws]:
"As Athirat of Tyre exists,
as Elath of Sidon!
If Hurraya to my house
I take, I bring the girl
into my court, the twofold of her I will give
in silver, and the threefold of her in gold."
He marches a day and a second;
a third, a fourth day.
Then, at sunrise on the fourth,
he arrives at Udum the Great,
even Udum the [Gr]and.
He attacked the villages,
harassed the towns.
He swept from the fields the woodcutter,
and from the threshing floors the straw-picker;
1.14 V · Kirta
he swept from the spring the women that draw, and from
the fountain the women that fill.
He wai[ted] a day and a second;
a thi[rd, a fou]rth day;
a fifth, a sixth day.
And behold, at sunrise on the seventh
King Pabil slept
until the noise of the neighing
of his stallion, until the sound of the braying
of his donkey, until the lowing of the plough-ox,
[until the how]ling of the [wa]tch-dog.
At once
[King Pabi]l [alo]ud to [his] wife
cries: "Listen, please,
[O my] wife [ ]
[ ] message
[ ]
[ ].
[ ] he put
[ ] his hand
[ ] I will surely send
[ ]."—Loudly
[to . . . ] cries:
["O m]ount an ass
[ ] prepare
[ ] . . . . . . . . .
[ ] . . .
[ sacri]fice
[ ] . . .
. . . . [ Behold (your) faces] you shall set
towards [Kirta the Noble.]
And s[ay to Kirta the Noble]:
'Message of [King Pabil]:—
Take [silver and yellow-glittering]
gold; [ . . . . . . . . . . . ] .,
[perpetual] sla[ves; a groom],
ho[rses, chariots]
from [the stable of the son of a handmaid].
[Take, Kirta, make peace,
make peace. Do not harass
Udum the Great, even Udum
the Grand. Udum is a gift of
El, even a present of the Father of Man (Adam).]
[And flee, O king, from my] house;
[withdraw, O Kir]ta, from my co[ur]t.'"—
1.14 VI · Kirta
[X and Y obeyed.] [Here, no doubt, first the instructions that were contained in the mutilated ll. 239-245 were briefly reported to have been carried out. And then— Behold they set their faces] [towar]ds [Kirta the Noble.]
[They] r[aise their voices and cry]:
"Mess[age of King Pabil]:—
Take si[lver and yellow-glittering]
gold; [ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]
and [perpetual] slaves; [a groom],
horses, [chariots]
from the stable [of the son of a handmaid].
Ta[ke], Kirta; [make peace],
m[ake peace]. Do not harass
Udum the Great, even U[dum]
[the Grand]. U[dum is] a g[ift]
of E[l, a pre]sent of the F[ather of Ma]n (Adam).
Withdraw, O king, [from] my [house];
fl[ee], O Kir[ta] from [my] cou[rt]."—
And [Kir]ta [the Nob]le re[plied]:
"[Wh]at [need ha]ve I of silver
and yellow-gl[ittering gold];
. . . . . . . . . . . . . and perpetual
slaves; a groom, horses,
chariots from the stable
of the son of a handmaid? A possession that [is n]ot
in my house you shall give! Give
me Lady Hurraya,
the fairest of the offspring of your firstborn;
whose fairness is like the fairness
of Anat, whose beauty like the
beauty of Athtart;
whose eyeballs are the pureness of lapis,
whose pupils the gleam of garnet;
whom in my dream [El] bestowed,
in my vision the Father of Man (Adam).
And let her bear offspring to Kirta,
and a Lad to the Servant of
El."—The two messengers depart,
they return. Behold (their) faces
they set towards King
Pabil. They raise
their voice and cry:
"Message of Kirta the Nob[le],
word of [Na]aman [the Lad]
1.15 I · Kirta
[The hungry she took] by the hand,
the thirsty she took by the hand.
They will follow her [la]menting,
to Kirta, to the camp.
(As) the cow moans for her calf,
the . . . . . . . for their mothers,
even so Udum shall wail."—
And Kirta the Noble replied:
1.15 II · Kirta
[ ] . . . . . . .
[ ] . . . . . . . . . . .
[ ] Valiant Baal,
[ ] . . . Prince Yarih,
[ Koth]ar-wa-Hasis,
[ ] . . Rahmay, Prince Rashap
[ the com]panies of gods, threefold.
At once Kirta the Noble . . [ ] . .
in his house sets. Going in[75]
he puts [in] it, and going out he puts.
[The]n came the companies of the gods.[76]
[Then] spoke Valiant Baal:
"[So] come, O Kindly One
[El Be]nignant! May you bless
[Kirta] the Noble, may you beatify Naaman,
[the Lad of] El."—A cup [El] takes
[in] (his) hand, a flagon in (his)
[right hand]. Indeed he blesses
[his servant]. El blesses Kirta,
[beatifie]s Naam[an] the Lad of El:
"The wo[man that you ta]ke, O Kirta, the woman[77]
that you take into your house, the maid you bring
into your court, shall bear seven sons to you,
yes, eight shall she produce
for you. She will bear Yassib the heir:
he will drink the milk of Athirat;
he will drain the breast of Virgin Rahmay;
the suckling of goddesses.
1.15 III · Kirta
[ ] . . .
[ Be greatly exalted], Kirta,
[in the midst of the community] of the land,
[in the number] of the population of the realm.
Also, she shall conceive and bear
[dau]ghters to you:
she shall bear the maiden T[ ]t;
she shall bear the maid[en ];
she shall bear the mai[den ];
she shall bear the mai[den ];
she shall bear the mai[den ];
she shall bear the mai[den ].
Be greatly exalted, [Kirta],
in the midst of the community of the land,
in the number of the population of the realm.
To the youngest of them I will give the birthright."
—The gods bless (and) proceed.
The gods proceed to their tents,
the family of El to their habitations.
And she conceives and bears son⟨s⟩ to him,
and conceives and bears daughters to him.
Lo! In seven years,
the sons of Kirta were even as had been stipulated in the vows;
the daughters, also, of Hurraya
were even so. And Athirat remembers
his vows, even Elath his de[dications],
and lifts up her voice and [cries]:
"Look, now. Does Kir[ta], then, [break],
or [the king] alter vo[ws]?
So shall I break . . [ ]
[…]
1.15 IV · Kirta
[His] fe[et upon the footstool he sets].
Aloud to [his wife] he cries:
"Listen, [O Lady Hurraya]!
Prep[are] the fattest of your fatted beasts;
open [a ja]r of wine;
summon my seven[ty] peers,
my eighty [bar]ons,
the peers of Ḥbr the Great,
Ḥbr [the G]r[and].
and […]
and […]
[…]
."—
Lady [Hu]rraya obeys.
She prepares the fattest of her [fatted beasts];
she opens a jar of wine;
into her presence she causes his peers to enter,
into her presence she causes his barons to enter:
the peers of Ḥbr the Great,
Ḥbr the Grand.
Into the house of [Kir]ta they come,
into the dwelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
and into the pavilion . . . they advance.
Hand to the bowl she stretches forth,
knife to the flesh she applies.
[And] Lady Hurraya [dec]lared:
"[To ea]t, to drink I have summoned you:
your lord Kirta [has a sacrifice]."—
[…]
1.15 V · Kirta
[She prepares the fat]test of [her] fa[tted beasts];
[she opens a ja]r of wi[ne].
[ fl]agon[?]
[ Ḥ]br [ ]
. . . . [ ] . . [ ] . .
[into] the seat . . . . . [ . . . and into the pavilion . . ]
[they advance.] Hand to the bowl [she stretches] forth;
[knife] to the flesh she applies.
[And] Lady Hurraya [declared]:
"[To ea]t, to drink I have summoned you:
[ ] . . . . . . . . . . . . [ ]."—
[For] Kirta they weep,
[even as] the peers spoke.
They weep [as one weeps] for the dead.
[ ] . . and in (their) heart they . . . . . . [?]
[ ] . . . . . . . . . . finger
[ ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
At the setting of the sun Kirta
will come, at sundown
our lord, and he will reign.
[ ] . on high [ ] . .
[Kir]ta the Noble on high . . . . . .
[ ] your wife over
[ ] yo[ur wi]fe. He will bring forth
[ ] Ḥbr the Great,
[Ḥbr the Gra]nd. El
[Benignant ] in friendship
[ ] full
[ ] . .
1.15 VI · Kirta
listen . . [ . ] . . [ . ] . . . [ ] . . . .
that [they might ea]t and drink.
And Lady Hurraya declared:
"To e[a]t, to dri[nk] I have summoned you:
your sire [Kirta has a sacrifice].
Into Kirta's presence you shall enter." Like
the speech of the peer[s] is their speech.
In a vision [ ] . . Kirta
[ ] . . [ ] . .
1.16 I · Kirta
([Pertaining to] "Kirta.")[78]
Like dogs shall we howl at your tomb,
like whelps at the entrance to your burial chamber?
Yet father, how can you possibly die,
or will your burial chamber be given over to howling on the part of women, O my wretched father?
For you, father, weeps the mount of Baal,
Sapan, the sacred circuit.
The mighty circuit laments, the circuit
broad of span: Is, then,[79]
[Kir]ta a son of El, an offspring
of the Kindly One and the Holiness?" Into the presence
of his father he enters, weeping
bitterly, giving forth his voice
in weeping: "In your life, our father, we rejoice,
exult in your not dying. Like a dog
your aspect is changed, like a hound
your joyous face. Will you die, then, father,
like the mortals, or your joy change to
mourning; (to) a woman's dirge, O father, my song?
How can it be said, 'A son of El
is Kirta, an offspring of the Kindly One
and the Holiness'? Or do gods die?
The offspring of the Kindly One shall surely live!"
And Kirta the Noble answers:
"My son, do not weep for me, do not
wail for me. Do not waste your eye with
flowing, the brain of your head
(with) tears. Call your sister
Thitmanit, a maid whose passion
is strong. Let her weep and wail for me[?].
[O h]ero, do not tell your sister,
[t]e[ll] . . [ ] . . . . Your sister
I know is compassionate.
Do not let her waters be dried up with grief,
her breath with sorrow.
[W]ait for the setting of the Lady
Sun, and the shining of the light of the
myriads. Then say to your sister
Thitmanit: Our Kirta is making
a sacrifice, the king is preparing
a banquet. Take your drum in (your) hand,
your [tam]bo[urine] in (your) right hand.
Go, take your stand by the songstresses
of your sire. Present [your petitions]
with your music, and he will consent to all."—
At once the hero Ilihu
his [l]ance in (his) hand takes,
his [s]pear in (his) right hand,
and sets out on a run.
[Ev]en as he arrives, it grows dark.
His sister has kindled a lamp. His lance
upon the threshold he stands. Its sheen lights up
the gateway. As soon as she sees her brother,
her [loins] to the ground break;
[upon] her brother['s neck] she weeps:
"Is, [then], the king s[ick],
[or] your sire Kirta [ill]?"
[And] the hero Ilihu [replied]:
"The king is [not] sick,
your sire Kirta [is (not) ill].
[Kirta] is making a [sac]rifice;
[the king is] preparing a banquet.
1.16 II · Kirta
. . [ ]
. . [ ]
. . [ ]
and [ ]
the mai[den ]
. . . . . [ ]
. . . . [ ]
and . . [ ]
. . . . . [ ]
a wo[man ]
your brother [ ]
Now she . . [ ]
and cries [ ]
She gives to drink [ ]
Now she . . . [ ]
and the mixed drink. Now she [ ]
She approaches [her] brother [and asks:][80]
"Why do you deceive me, [my brother?]
How many moons has he been s[ick],
how many has Kir[ta] been ill?"
And the hero [Ilihu] replies:
"Three moons has he been [sick],
four has Kir[ta] been ill.
It seems Kirta's reaching the sunset, the grave.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ ]
. . . . . . now she . . . . [ ]
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . gate
. . . . . . . . . . . . [ ]
. . . . . . to no [ ]
. . . [ ] . . . . . . . [ ]
to no . . . . and [ ]
her brother, seven [ ]
the hero Ilihu . . [ ]
Now she . . . . . . . . , now [she] . . . . .
She weeps bit[terly]. She [gives fo]rth
her voice in weeping: 'In your life, our [fa]ther,
we rejoice, exult in your not dying.
Like a dog your aspect is changed,
like a hound your joyous face.
Will you die, then, father, like the mortals,
or your joy change to weeping,
to a woman's dirge, O father, my song?
Or do gods die? The offspring
of the Kindly One shall surely live! For you, father,
weeps the mount of Baal, Sa[pa]n, the sacred
circuit. The mighty [circu]it laments,
the circuit broad of s[pan]:
Is, then, Kirta a son [of El], an
offspring of the Kindly One [and the Holiness]?'"
And so she ent[ers into her father's presence],
she enters the ch[amber of Kirta].
With two things . . . [ ]
she took her stand [ ]
weepers [ ]
the mount [ ]
he wails [ ]
a wheel [ ]
[ ] . . . [ ]
1.16 III · Kirta
They pour oil [ ]
. . . [ ] . . . . earth and sky,
turned to the . . . . . . . of the earth,
to the . . . . . . . . . . of the ploughland.
To the earth Baal rained,[81]
and to the field rained 'Aliyy.
Sweet to the earth was the r[ai]n of Baa[l],
and to the field the rain of 'Aliyy.
It was sweet to the wheat in the ploughland,
in the tilth (to) the emmer.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The ploughmen raise (their) head(s),
upward the growers of grain. Spent is
the bread grain [from] their jars, spent
the wine from their bottles, spent
the oil from [their] j[ugs].
Kirta's house . . . . [ ]
1.16 IV · Kirta
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . insight [?]
like El, wisdom like Bull the Kindly One.
Call the carpenter-god Ilish, Ili[sh],
and his wives the carpenter-[go]ddesses
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ ]
He calls the carpenter-god Ilish—
Ilish, carpenter of the house of Baal—
and his wives the carpenter-goddesses.
And the Kindly One, El Benignant, declared:
"Listen, O carpenter-god Il[ish]—
Ilish, carpenter of the house of Baal—
and your wives the carpenter-goddesses.
Go up upon the top of the structure,
upon the platform . . . . . . . . [ ]
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[ ] . . . . . . . . . . tab[le ]
[ ] buffalo
1.16 V · Kirta
. . [ ]
. . [ ]
. . [ ]
. . . . [ ]
. . . . . . [ ]
. . . . . . [ ]
. . . . . . . . [ ]
a second time [ ]
a third time [ Then spoke]
the Kindly One [El Benignant: "Who]
among the gods can [remove the sickness],
driving out the disease?" [None among the gods]
answers him. [El] says [a fourth]
[time]: "Who among [the gods can remove]
the illness, driving o[ut the] disease?"
None among the gods a[nswers him].[82]
He says a fifth time: "[Who among the gods]
can remove the illness, dr[iving out the] disease?"
None among the gods an[swers him]. He says a sixth,[83]
a seventh time: "[Who] among the gods[84]
can remove the illness, driving out the disease?"
None among the gods answers him.
Then spoke the Kindly One, El Benignant:
"Remain seated, my sons, upon your seat[s],
upon yo[ur] thrones of princeship. I
will apply sorcery and will surely
bring about the removal of the illness, driving
out the disease. With clay [his hand] he fills,
with good clay [ ]. He moulds
. . . . . . . [ ] . . . .
[ ] dragon
[ ] dragon
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
. . . . [ ]
. . . . [ ]
a cup [he takes in his hand]
a flagon [in both his hands]:
"Do, Sha['taqat ]
. . . . . . . . [ ] Kir-
ta the Nob[le. ]
. . . . . [ ]
in the mouth of Sha[ta'qat ]
. . . . . . [ ]
Villages [fly over a hundred, towns]
fly over a m[ultitude . . . ]
sick[ness ]
the suf[fering one upon his/your head?]
. . . [ ]
. . . [ ]
1.16 VI · Kirta
[D]eath, be broken; Sha'taqat,[85]
prevail."—And so Sha'taqat departs;
into Kirta's house she goes.
Bkt she penetrates and enters,
Nṣrt she enters to its innermost recess.
Towns she flies over a hundred,
villages she flies over a multitude.
The invalid she . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,
the suffering one upon his/her head,
and proceeds to wash him clean of sweat.
His desire for bread she opens,
his appetite for food.
Death, on the one hand, is broken; Sha'taqat,
on the other, has prevailed.—Then Kirta
the Noble commands, raising his voice
and calling: "Listen, O Lady
Hurraya. Prepare a lamb
that I may eat, a lamb that I may dine."
Lady Hurraya listens.
She prepares a lamb and he eats,
a lamb and he dines. Behold a day
and a second, Kirta returns to his former estate;
he sits upon the throne of kingship;
upon the dais, the seat of authority.
Yassib also sits in the palace,[86]
and his inward parts instruct him:
"Go to your father, Yassib. Go
[to] your fa[ther] and speak, repeat
to Kir[ta the Noble]: Lis[ten]
and incline [(your) ear. For . . . . . . . . . ]
. . . . and . . . . . [ ]
You have let your hand fall into mischief.
You used to judge the cause of the widow,
to adjudicate the case of the wretched.
Since you have become a brother of the bed of sickness,
a companion of the bed of suffering,
descend from the kingship—I will be king;
in your authority I will sit."—
Yassib the Lad departs. Into his
father's presence he enters. He lifts up his voice
and cries: "Listen, please, O Kirta[87]
the Noble! Listen, and incline (your) ear.
For . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . You have let your[88]
hand fall into mischief. You used to judge the[89]
cause of the widow, to adjudicate the
case of the wretched, to drive out
those who prey upon the poor, to feed
before you the orphan, behind
your back the widow. Since
you have become a brother of the bed of sickness, a companion
of the bed of suffering, descend from the kingship—
I will be king; in your authority I will
sit."—And [K]irta the Noble answers:
"May Horon break, O my son, may Horon break
your head, Athtart Name of Baal your
skull. May you fall into . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Colophon:) Written by Ilimilku; donated by
1.17 I · Aqhat
Then let Danel, the man of healing, at once let the hero, the devotee of Hrnm,
[the gods], [Danel], enrobed, the gods he fed,
let him take up a couch and lie down. Let him take off his robe, go up and lie down.
take off his clothes and go to bed.
Lo, a day and a second,[90]
enrobed, the gods Danel, enrobed, the gods he fed, enrobed, he gave the holy ones to drink.
A third, a fourth day,
enrobed, the gods Danel, enrobed, the gods he fed, enrobed, he gave the holy ones to drink.
A fifth, a sixth day, enrobed, the gods Danel, enrobed, the gods he fed, enrobed, he gave the holy ones to drink.
Danel took off his robe;
he took off his robe, went up and lay down, he took off his clothes and went to bed.
Behold, on the seventh day,[91]
Baal drew near in intercession for him, at the misery of Danel, the man of healing,
the groaning of the hero, the devotee of Hrnm,
who had no son like his brothers, nor scion like his kinsmen!
“Because having no son like his brothers, nor scion like his kinsmen,[92]
enrobed, the gods he feeds, enrobed, he gives the holy ones to drink,[93]
you must surely bless him, Bull El my father,
you must surely give a blessing to him, O Creator-of-creatures,
so that he may beget a son in his house, a scion in the midst of his palace.
He shall set up the stela of his ancestral god, in the sanctuary the cippus of his kinsman;
into the earth sending forth his dying breath,
into the dust protecting his progress; he shall shut the mouths of his slanderers,
he shall drive away those who are ill-disposed towards him.
Taking his hand when he is drunk, supporting him when sated with wine;
he shall serve up his share in the house of Baal, and his portion in the house of El;
he shall plaster his roof on a muddy day,
he shall wash his clothes on a filthy day.
[…] takes […]; his servant he blesses,
[Dan]el, the man of healing; he gives a blessing to the hero,
[the devotee of] Hrnm: “May Danel live in soul,
[the man of healing], in breath the hero, the devotee of Hrnm.
[…] let him go up to his bed
[and lie down]. When he kisses his wife,
[…] in his embrace, conception;
[…] birth, conception
[for the man of healing], so that he may beget a son
[in his house], [a scion] in the midst of his palace.
[He shall set up the stela of] his [ancestral god], in the sanctuary
[the cippus of his kinsman]; [into the] earth sending forth
[his dying breath], [into the dust] protecting his progress;
[he shall shut the mouths of his slanderers], he shall drive away those who are ill-disposed
1.17 II · Aqhat
the cippus [of your kinsman]; [into the earth sending forth your dying breath],
into the dust protecting [your progress]; [he shall shut]
the mouths of your slanderers, he shall drive away [those who are ill-disposed towards you].
He shall serve up your share in the house of [Baal], [and your portion][94]
in the house of El; taking your hand when [drunk],
supporting you when sated with wine; he shall plaster
your roof on a muddy day, he shall wash
Danel's face was radiant with joy, above, his forehead shone.
He unknit his brow and laughed;
he put his foot on the footstool, he opened his mouth and cried:
“Now I can sit down and rest, and my spirit can rest in my breast,
for a son shall be born to me like my brothers, a scion like my kinsmen.
He shall set up the stela of my ancestral god, in the sanctuary the cippus of my kinsman;
into the earth sending forth my dying breath, into the dust protecting my progress;
he shall shut the mouths of my slanderers,
he shall drive away those who are ill-disposed towards me.
taking my hand when drunk, supporting me when sated with wine;
he shall serve up my share in the house of Baal, and my portion
in the house of El; he shall plaster my roof on a muddy day,
he shall wash my clothes on a filthy day.”
Danel arrives at his house,
Danel comes into his palace.
Into his house came the Kotharat, the daughters
of Hilal, the swallows. Then Danel,
the man of healing, then the hero, the devotee
of Hrnm, slaughters an ox for the Kotharat.
He feeds the Kotharat, and
gives drink to the daughters of Hilal, the swallows.
Lo, a day and a second, he feeds
the Kotharat and gives drink to the daughters of Hilal,
the swallows. A third, a fourth day, he feeds
the Kotharat and gives drink to
the daughters of Hilal, the swallows. A fifth,
a sixth day, he feeds the Kotharat
and gives drink to the daughters of Hilal, the swallows.
Behold, on the seventh day, there depart from his house
the Kotharat, the daughters of Hilal, the swallows,
[…] the bed of conception,
[…] the bed of childbirth.
Danel sits [and counts] her months.
A month, a second month passes,
a third, a fourth [month] […]
months arrive […]
[…]
1.17 V · Aqhat
[…][95]
[…] I will bring a bow […]
[…] arrows. And lo, on the seventh
day, then Danel, the man
of healing, then the hero, the devotee of Hrnm,
rises and sits at the entrance of the gate, beneath
the nobles who are on the threshing floor. He judges
the case of the widow, he decides the cause of the orphan.
When he lifts his eyes, he sees: at a thousand
fields, ten thousand acres, the coming of Kothar;
he looks, and he sees the striding of Hasis.
He brings a bow; look, […]
[…] arrows. Then Danel,
the man of healing, then the hero, the devotee[96]
of Hrnm, calls aloud to his wife:
“Listen, lady Danatay, prepare
a lamb from the flock for the appetite of Kothar-
wa-Hasis, for the hunger of Hayyin, skilled
of hand. Feed, give drink to
the gods; serve and honor them, the lord
of Hikpat, the god of all of it.” She hears,
lady Danatay; she prepares a lamb
from the flock for the appetite of Kothar-wa-Hasis,
for the hunger of Hayyin, skilled
of hand. Afterward Kothar-
wa-Hasis arrives; into Danel's hand he gives
the bow, on his knees he places
the arrows. Then lady Danatay
feeds, gives drink to the gods,
serves and honors them, the lord of
Hikpat, the god of all of it. Kothar departs
to his tent, Hayyin departs to his
dwelling. Then Danel, the man
of healing, then the hero, the devotee
of Hrnm, […] the bow […]
[…] over Aqhat […]
“The choicest of your hunt, my son, […]
the choicest of your hunt, look, the [choicest]
of game in his palace […]
1.17 VI · Aqhat
[…]
[…]
[…] [with a] knife […]
[…] wine from a cup of gold,
[…] jar upon jar.
[…] and new wine goes up
[…] wine […]
[…]
[…] When she lifts her eyes, she sees
[…] like lightning,
[…] the deep […] lightning
[…] the bow, the work of Kothar-
[wa-Hasis] […] like a serpent […]
[…] to the earth; she pours out her cup
[onto the dust]. [She raises her voice] and cries: “Listen, now,
[Aqhat the hero]: ask for silver, and I will give it to you,
[gold], [and I will] bestow it on you; but give your bow to
[Virgin] Anat, your arrows to the Sister-in-law of the Peoples.”
And Aqhat the hero answers: “The finest […][97]
in Lebanon, the finest sinews from wild oxen,
the finest horns from ibexes, […]
from the hocks of a bull, the finest reeds from the […] thicket:
give them to Kothar-wa-Hasis; he will make a bow for Anat,
arrows for the Sister-in-law of the Peoples.” And there answers Virgin
Anat: “Ask for life, Aqhat the hero,
ask for life, and I will give it to you, deathlessness,
and I will bestow it on you. I will make you count years with Baal,
with the sons of El you will count months.
As Baal, when he gives life, serves a feast for the one revived, serves
a feast and gives him drink, sings and chants over him
sweetly, and answers him, so I too will give life to
Aqhat the hero.” And Aqhat the hero answers:
“Do not deceive me, Virgin, for to a hero
your deceits are […]. A man, what does he get as his future? What does he get,
what does a man get as his end? Glaze is poured
[on] the head, plaster on the crown of my skull.
[And] the death of all I will die, and I will surely die.
[And] a second word I will say: bows
[are for] warriors; do women now go hunting?”
[…] Anat laughs, and in her heart […]
[…] “Turn back to me, Aqhat the hero, turn back to me, and to you
[…]. When I meet you on the path of rebellion,
[…] on the path of pride, I will […] you beneath
[my feet], […] you, most gracious, strongest of men.”
[She stamps her] feet and leaves the earth. Then
[she sets her face] toward El at the source of the rivers,
[in the midst of the channels] of the two deeps. She enters the tent of El
[and comes into] the pavilion of the King, the Father of Years.
[At the feet of El] she bows and falls down, she prostrates herself
[and honors] him. She slanders Aqhat the hero,
[…] [Dan]el, the man of healing. And there answers
[Virgin Anat]; [she raises] her voice and cries: “[…]
[…] Aqhat […]
[…]
[…]
1.18 I · Aqhat
[98]
[…] I will break […]
[…] [his father], also […]
And Virgin Anat replied:
“Do not let the sons of your house, O El, do not let the daughters of your house rejoice,[99]
do not let the children of your palace rejoice!
I shall surely seize them in my right hand;
I shall smite them by the strength of my long arm!
I shall smite you on your skull; I shall make your gray hair run with blood,[100]
the gray hair of your beard with gore!
Then let Aqhat come to you, and let the son of Danel deliver you,
and let him save you from the hand of Virgin Anat!”
But the Wise One, El the perceptive, replied:
“I know you, daughter, that you are pitiless, and that among goddesses there is no contempt like yours!
Depart, daughter! Ruthless is your heart: You take what is in your liver,
you take what is in your heart!
Let him be trampled who hinders you!”
Virgin Anat departed. Then indeed she set her face
towards Aqhat the hero, over a thousand miles,
ten thousand leagues, and Virgin Anat laughed.
She lifted up her voice and cried: “Listen, pray, O hero Aqhat! Come, brother, and I shall ...”
[…] seven of your kin […]
[…] my father […] I […]
[…] go, set out on the hunt […]
[…]
[…] I will teach you [the hunt] […]
[…] to the city of Abilum, A[bilum],
[the city of Prince] Yarih, with the tower […]
[…] leagues […]
[…]
[…]
1.18 IV · Aqhat
[…]
[…] he breaks […]
[…]
[Virgin] Anat, to all […]
Virgin Anat departed. [Then indeed she set her face]
towards Yatpan, the warrior of the Lady. [She lifted up her voice]
and cried: “[…] Yatpan […]
the city of Abilum, Abilum, [the city of Prince Yarih]!
Will Yarih not be renewed in [his left] horn,
in his right horn? […]
his skull.” And Yatpan, the [warrior of the Lady], replied:
“Listen, pray, O Virgin Anat! You, because of [his bow],
will strike him, because of his arrows; him you will not let [live]. […]
The gracious hero has set out a meal, and […]
he has stayed behind in the camp, and […]
And Virgin Anat replied: “Return, Yatpan, and […]
I will place you like an eagle in my belt,[101]
like a hawk in my quiver. Aqhat, [as he sits]
to eat, the son of Danel to dine, [over him]
eagles will soar, will watch, a [flock of]
hawks. Among the eagles I myself will soar; over
Aqhat I will place you. Strike him twice on the head,[102]
three times above the ear. Pour out, like a slaughterer,
his blood, as one slaughtering, onto his knees. Let go out, like
a wind, his breath, like spittle, his spirit, like
smoke from his nostrils. […] I
will not let live.” She took Yatpan, the warrior of the Lady;
she placed him like an eagle in her belt, like a hawk
in her quiver. Aqhat, as he sat down to e[at],
the son of Danel to dine, over him eagles
soared, a flock of haw[ks] watched. [Among]
the eagles Anat soared. Over [Aqhat]
she placed him. He struck him twice [on the head],
three times above the ear. He poured out, [like]
a slaughterer, his blood, as one slaugh[tering, onto his knees].
Out went, like a wind, [his] breath, [like spittle]
his spirit, like smoke from [his nostrils]. […]
Anat, at the destruction of her warrior, […]
Aqhat, and she wept. “[Child of Danel], […]
[…] I, and because of [your bow I struck you], because of
your arrows. You […]
And the birds perished […]
1.19 I · Aqhat
[Of] Aqhat.
The bow of Aqhat came down into the midst of the waters;
the arrows of the hero fell into the depths. Shattered was the bow of Aqhat the hero,
shattered was ‘Precious’, the bow of the son of Danel.
Virgin Anat came back,
the Beloved of the Powerful One returned. She picked up the quiver
in his hands, as a singer a lyre in his fingers.
Like a chisel was her mouth;
her teeth seized him and she devoured his entrails.
She cleft him like the heart of a terebinth,
and cut the cadaver in two. She divided his cadaver,
She dismembered Aqhat. He was put down like a mighty serpent,
like a huge viper in a sheepfold, like a dog deserving a stick. I struck him.
Now because of his bow I struck him;
on account of his arrows I certainly did not let him live,
yet his bow has not been given to me;
and because of his death the land is atrophied,
the first-fruits of summer shriveled, the ears of corn in their husks.
Then Danel the man of healing,[103]
at once the hero, the devotee of Hrnm, arose
and sat by the entrance to the gate,
beneath the trees which were by the threshing-floor. He tried the case of the widow,
he judged the cause of the orphan.
[…]
[…]
On lifting up her eyes she saw[104]
that the fleece on the threshing-floor was dry,
that the field was wilted,
that the fruit of the orchard was shriveled.
Over her father’s house some falcons hovered,[105]
a flock of hawks was watching.
Pughat wept in her heart,[106]
she cried in her liver.
She tore the garment of Danel the man of healing,
the cloak of the hero, the devotee of Hrnm.
Then Danel the man of healing cursed the clouds,
which rain on the dreadful heat, the clouds which rain on the summer-fruit,
the dew which settles on the grapes:
“For seven years Baal shall fail,
for eight, the Charioteer of the clouds!
No dew, no rain, no welling up of the deeps, no goodness of Baal’s voice!
no surging of the two deeps, no
For she has torn the garment of Danel the man of healing,
the cloak of the hero, the devotee of Hrnm!”
Aloud to his daughter [Danel cried out]:
1.19 II · Aqhat
“Listen, Pughat, who carries water on her shoulder,
who gathers dew from the barley, who knows
the course of the stars: harness a donkey,
yoke a jackass, put on my harness of silver,
my trappings of gold.” [She] listened,
Pughat, who carries water on her shoulder, who gathers dew from the [barley],
who knows the course of the stars.
Weeping, she harnessed a donkey;
weeping, she yoked a jackass; weeping,
she lifted her father, set him on the back of the donkey,
on the […] back of the jackass.
Danel went around his parched field.
He saw a sprout in the parched field, a sprout
he saw in the scrub. He embraced the sprout
and kissed it: “Ah, if only the sprout
would spring up in the parched field, the sprout grow in the scrub!
[…] may the hand of Aqhat gather you,
the hero; may it set you inside the granary.”
Danel went around his blighted field. He saw
an ear of grain in the blighted field, an ear of grain sprouting
in the scorched field. He embraced the ear of grain
and kissed it: “Ah, if only the [ear of grain]
would sprout in the blighted field, the ear of grain sprout [in the scorched field]!
[…] may the hand of Aqhat the hero gather you,
may it set you inside the granary.”
The word had not left his mouth, nor [his speech] his lips,
when, on lifting up her eyes, she saw […]
the approach of the servants. […]
[…]
the crown of the head three times, above the ear.
[…]
[…]
[…] and they shed tears like
quarter-shekels […]
[…]
[…]
“I bring you news, Danel […]
[…] she made their life go out like breath,
their spirit like spittle, like smoke […]”
They arrived; they lifted their voices and [cried out]:
“Listen, Danel the man [of healing]!
Aqhat the hero is dead! She made go out,
Virgin Anat, like [breath his life],
like spittle his spirit, [like smoke from his nostrils.” His feet]
trembled; above, [his face sweated; behind,]
his loins [broke, the joints of his loins shook,]
the sinews of [his back. He lifted his voice]
and [cried out]: […]
[…]
[…]
On lifting [up his eyes he saw; he spotted]
in the clouds [the falcons. He lifted]
1.19 III · Aqhat
[his voice] and cried out: “The wings [of the falcons]
may Baal break, may Baal break [their pinions];
may they fall beneath my feet. I will split open [their bellies and]
look: if there is fat, if there is
bone, I will weep and bury him;
I will put him in the pit of the gods of the earth.”
The word had not left his mouth, nor his speech his lips:
the wings of the falcons Baal broke,
Baal broke their pinions. They fell
beneath his feet. He split open their bellies and [looked]:
there was no fat, there was no bone. He lifted his voice
and cried out: “The wings of the falcons may Baal restore,
may Baal restore their pinions. Falcons,
fly off and soar away!” On lifting up his eyes he saw;
he spotted Hargab, the father of the falcons.
He lifted his voice and cried out: “The wings of Hargab
may Baal break, may Baal break his pinions;
may he fall beneath my feet. I will split open [his] belly
and look: if there is fat, if there is [bone],
I will weep and bury him; I will put him in the pit
of the gods of the [earth].” The word had [not] left his mouth, nor
his speech his lips: the wings of Hargab Baal broke,
Baal broke his pinions. And he fell
beneath his feet. He split open his belly and looked:
there was no fat, there was no bone. He lifted his voice
and cried out: “The wings of Hargab may Baal restore,
may Baal restore his pinions. Hargab,
fly off and soar away!” On lifting up his eyes
he saw; he spotted Sumul, the mother of the falcons.
He lifted his voice and cried out: “The wings of Sumul
may Baal break, may Baal break
her pinions; may she fall beneath my feet. I will split open
her belly and look: if there is fat, if there is
bone, I will weep and bury him; I will put him
in the pit of the gods of the earth.” The word had not left his mouth,
nor his speech his lips: the wings of Sumul Baal broke,
Baal broke her pinions. She fell beneath
his feet. He split open her belly and looked:
there was fat, there was bone. He took from them
Aqhat. He wept […]; he wept and buried;
he buried him in […].
And he lifted his voice and cried out: “The wings of the falcons
may Baal break, may Baal break
their pinions, if they fly over the grave of my son
and disturb him in his sleep.” The Spring of Water
the king cursed: “Woe to you, Spring of Water, for near [you]
Aqhat the hero was struck down! Be forever a sojourner in the house of a god.
Now be a fugitive, now and forever, now for every generation!
[…] the staff of his hand.”
He arrived at Mrrt-tgll-bnr.
He lifted his voice and cried out: “Woe to you, Mrrt-
tgll-bnr, for near you Aqhat was struck down,
the hero! Your root in the earth, may it not
sprout; may your head droop in the hand of the one who uproots you!
Now be a fugitive, now and forever,
now for every generation! […] the staff of his hand.”
1.19 IV · Aqhat
He arrived at the town of Abilum, Abilum,
the town of Prince Yarih. He lifted his voice
and cried out: “Woe to you, town of Abilum,
for near you Aqhat the hero was struck down!
May Baal make you blind, from now
and forever, now for every generation!
[…] the staff of his hand.”
Danel arrived at his house; he came,
Danel, to his palace. There entered
weeping women into his palace, mourning women into his courtyard, those who
gash the skin. They wept for Aqhat
the hero; they shed tears for the child of Danel the man
of healing, for days, for months,
for months, for years, until
seven years. They wept for Aq-
hat the hero; they shed tears for the child
of Danel the man of healing. Then in the seventh
year [Danel the man] of healing spoke,
the hero, [the devotee of Hrnm,] replied. He lifted
his voice and cried out: “[Leave] my [house],
weeping women, my palace, mourning women,
my courtyard, you who gash the skin!” And he offered
a sacrifice to the gods; he sent up his incense
to the heavens, the incense of the devotee of Hrnm to the
stars. […]
[…]
cymbals, dancers […] to [his] house.
And Pughat, who carries water on her shoulder, spoke:
“My father has offered a sacrifice to the gods,
he has sent up his incense to the heavens,
the incense of the devotee of Hrnm to the stars.
Bless me, and I will go blessed;
strengthen me, and I will go strengthened.
I will strike the one who struck my brother, finish off the one
who finished off my mother’s child.” And Dan-
el the man of healing answered: “May Pughat live,
who carries water on her shoulder, who gathers from the barley
the dew, who knows the course of the stars. […]
May she live! She will strike the one who struck [her brother],[107]
finish off the one who finished off the child of […]”
[…] in the sea she bathed,
and she rouged herself with the shell of the sea,
whose source is a thousand fields out in the sea. [Underneath]
she put on the clothes of a warrior; she put […] in
her sheath; a sword she put in [her] scabbard,
and over (it) she put on the clothes of a woman.
At sunset, the Lamp of the Gods, Shapshu, [went down];
Pughat […] the fields. At the [setting]
of the Lamp of the Gods, Shapshu, [she] arrived,
Pughat, at the tents. Word was [brought] to Yatpan:
“Our employer has come into your tent; [Pughat]
has come into the tents.” And Yatpan, the [warrior]
of the Lady, answered: “Take, and give me wine to drink. Take
the cup from my hand, the goblet from my right hand.” She
took, Pughat, and gave him drink; she took [the cup] from his hand,
the goblet from his right hand. And Yatpan the warrior
of the Lady answered: “With wine […]
who owns the tents. The hand that struck Aqhat the
hero will strike thousands of the foe. […]
[…] to the tents […]
[…] like a serpent […] she filled it; twice she gave him the mixture to drink, she gave him drink.
Here one returns to the recitation.
1.20 I · Rephaim
The Rephaim will feast, seven times the divinities, eight times the dead.[108]
[…] the divinities
[…] like […]
As the assembly draws near on a summer’s day, the divinities will eat, they will drink.
[…] [the Rephaim] will drink
The gods of the nut-groves, which is over the slaughter of sacrificial lambs.
[…] they sacrifice lambs
[…]
1.20 II · Rephaim
[...] eight within my palace. The Rephaim hurried to his sanctuary, to his sanctuary hurried the divinities.[109]
They harnessed the chariots, they hitched the horses.
They mounted their chariots, they came on their mounts.
They journeyed a day and a second.
The Rephaim arrived at the threshing floors, [the gods] [at]
the plantations. And Danel, [the man of Rapiu], answered,
the hero, the man of Harnam, replied:
On the threshing floors of the gods, within the [plantations of the divinities]
those who have come will eat a meal, the ancient [ones]
[…]
[…]
1.21 II · Rephaim
[…] my marzeah, come to my house.
[…] [my h]ouse I call you, I invite
[…] [my p]alace. To his place the Rephaim
[may hurry, to his place] may the divine ones hurry.
[…] my marzeah. I too, O Rephaim,
[…] my companions. Now I will go
[…] three […] I will reach the house
[…] my palace. And El answered:
[…] come to my house, O Rephaim.
[…] [I] call you, I invite you
[…] [in my p]alace. To his place the Rephaim
[may hurry, to his place] may the divine ones hurry.
[…]
1.21 V · Rephaim
[…] [sat] on the ground […]
1.22 I · Rephaim
[…][110]
[…] here is your son, here […][111]
your son's son in your place; here the [hero] […]
your hand; the little one will kiss your lips. There
shoulder by shoulder are the brothers whom El raised up
[…]. There […] the name of El, the men
[…] the name of El, the heroes.
There Tmq, the Rephaite of Baal, the soldier of Baal
and the soldier of Anat. There Yhpn the mighty,
the prince, the eternal king. When
Anat goes hunting, […] the birds of the sky.
Oxen are slaughtered, sheep as well; bulls are felled
and fatted rams, year-old calves,
lambs, […] kids. Like silver
[…] olives, gold […]
[…] the table […]
[…] kings. For a day he pours wine of Tmk,
must, wine of rulers, wine of […]
[…] wine […]
of Lebanon, […] must that El has cultivated.
For a day and a second the Rephaim eat,
they drink; a third, a fourth day, a fifth,
a sixth day the Rephaim eat,
they drink in the house of eating on the heights,
[…] in the heart of Lebanon. Then on the seventh
day, then Mighty Baal
[…] his companion […]
[…]
1.22 II · Rephaim
[…]
in my palace […]
Come to my house, [Rephaim; I call]
you, I [invite you, divine ones, into my palace.]
After him the [Rephaim go; after him]
go the [divine ones.]
The soldier of Baal, [the soldier]
of Anat: come to [my house, Rephaim, to my house;]
I call you, I [invite you, divine ones, into]
my palace. After [him the Rephaim go;]
after him [go the divine ones.]
Yhpn the [mighty] […]
Listen, you […]
[…]
oil […]
he vows […]
[…]
the resting place, the throne of [dominion] […]
I call the Rephaim, [I invite the divine ones]
into [my palace. After him the Rephaim]
go; after him [go the divine ones.]
They harness [their chariots,]
they mount [their chariots; they come from]
their towns. They travel [a day and a second; after sunrise,]
on the third, the [Rephaim] arrive [at the threshing floors,]
the [divine ones at the plantations.]
1.22 IV · Rephaim
[Only scattered signs survive on this part of the tablet. No translation is possible.]
1.23 · Birth of the Gracious Gods
Let me invoke the gracious gods,
and beautiful, sons of Shapshu
Let them give a feast to those of high rank,
in the wilderness of the end of the world.
on their heads,
Eat from any of the food, and drink from the vat any wine![112]
Greetings, king, greetings, queen, priests and temple-victuallers
The lord and master sat enthroned, in his hand the staff of sterility,
in his hand the staff of widowhood. Those who prune the vine pruned him,
those who bind the vine bound him; they let his tendril fall like a vine.
Seven times shall it be recited on the throne-dais, and the priests are to respond.
Now the steppe, the vast steppe is the steppe of Athirat and Rahmay.
Over a fire seven times the choristers of fine voice boil coriander in milk, mint in butter,
and over the cauldron seven times let incense be burned.
Rahmay went forth, and Athirat set out.
they dressed themselves. May the gracious chorister
and their name let the priest exalt.
The dwellings of the gods eight
seven times
Lapis lazuli, carnelian
scarlet the singers
Let me invoke the gracious gods, both gluttonous from birth,
who suck at the nipples of Athirat’s breasts, from the paps of Rahmay,[113]
Shapshu counts their tendrils,
and grapes. Peace to you, priests and temple-victuallers,
as you proceed to the sacrifice of propitiation.
The vast steppe is the steppe of Athirat and Rahmay,
[…] sits.
El went out to the shore of the sea, and stepped out to the shore of the abyss.
El set the two inflamed ones, the two inflamed ones on top of the cauldron.
Lo, one was lowered, lo, the other was raised. Lo, one cried: Father! father!
and lo, the other cried: Mother! mother! Let El’s penis grow as long as the sea,
yes, El’s penis as the ocean! El’s penis grew as long as the sea,
yes, El’s penis as the ocean. El took the two inflamed ones,
the two inflamed ones from on top of the cauldron; he took them and set them in his house.
El lowered the staff in his right hand, El the rod in his hand. He raised it and threw it skyward,
casting a bird down from the sky. He plucked it and set it on the coals.
El enticed the two wives; lo, the two wives cried out:
O husband, husband! Lowered is your staff, drooping the rod in your hand.
Lo, the bird grew hot by the fire; it was roasted on the coals.
The two wives are the wives of El, the wives of El, and forever. And lo, the two wives cried out:
O father, father! Lowered is your staff,
drooping the rod in your hand! Lo, the bird grew hot by the fire;
and was roasted on the coals. The two daughters are the daughters of El,
the daughters of El, and forever. And lo, the two wives cried out: O husband, husband! Lowered is your staff,
drooping the rod in your hand! Lo, the bird grew hot by the fire,
and was roasted on the coals. The two wives are the wives of El,
the wives of El, and forever. He stooped: their lips he kissed.
O, how sweet were their lips, as sweet as pomegranates;[114]
from kissing came conception, from embracing, impregnation. He sat and counted five months for growth, ten for the full completion. Both of them crouched[115]
and gave birth to Shahar and Shalim. Word was brought to El:[116]
The two wives of El have given birth! What have they borne? Shahar and Shalim have been born.
Raise up an offering to Shapshu, the Great Lady, and to the stars who have been begotten.
He stooped: their lips he kissed. Lo, their lips were sweet, sweet as pomegranates.
From kissing came conception, from embracing, impregnation. He sat and counted
five months for growth, ten for the full completion.
Both of them crouched and gave birth. They bore the gracious gods, both gluttonous from birth,
sucking at the nipples of the Lady’s breasts. Word was brought to El:
The two wives of El have given birth! What have they borne? The two gracious gods![117]
both gluttonous from birth, sucking at the nipples of the Lady’s breasts. A lip to the underworld,
a lip to the heavens, and there entered into their mouths the birds of the air[118]
and the fish from the sea. And wandering abroad, piece by piece they put things from both their right
and from their left into their mouths, and were not satisfied. O wives whom I have married,
O sons whom I have begotten, raise up a dais in the midst of the holy desert:
there you will make your dwelling among the stones and trees. For seven whole years,[119]
for eight periods of time, the gracious gods went to and fro on the steppe;
they roamed the edge of the desert. And they met the guardian of the sown land.[120]
And they cried out to the guardian of the sown land: O guardian, guardian! Open up!
And he made an opening for them,
and they entered. If there is food for us, give some that we may eat.
If there is wine for us, give some that we may drink.
And the guardian of the sown land answered them:
There is wine: whoever enters let him come!
Here is his measure of wine
And his companions let him fill with wine.
1.24 · Nikkal and Yarih
I sing of Nikkal-and-Ib,[121]
Hirhibi, king of summer, Hirhibi, king
[…]
Yarih […], he embraces her who
will bear […]
[…] to the daughters of Hilal, [the swallows].
Look, a young woman will bear a son […][122]
[…]
[…]
[…] like a bride […]
Listen, goddesses, Kotharat, […]
[…]
to his lord […]
Dagan […]
[…] to the Kotharat, to the daughters of Hilal, [the swallows].
Yarih, lamp of heaven, sends to
Hirhibi, king of summer: "Give Nikkal; Yarih
will pay the bride-price for Ib. Let her enter his house,
and I will give her bride-price to her father:[123]
a thousand of silver and ten thousand of gold;
I will send gleaming lapis lazuli;
I will make her fields into vineyards,
the field of her love […]."
Then Hirhibi, king of summer, answered: "O
most gracious of the gods, become a son-in-law
to Baal; marry Pidray, [his] daughter.
I will bring you near to her father Baal.
[…] Athtar. Marry
for yourself Ybrdmy, the daughter of [her] father
the Lion […]." Then
Yarih, lamp of heaven, answered: "Now
with Nikkal is my marriage." Afterward
Yarih paid the bride-price for Nikkal. Her father
set up the stand of the scales; her mother
the pans of the scales; her brothers arranged
[…]; her sisters the
stones of the scales. Of Nikkal-and-Ib
I sing: may Yarih give light, and may
Yarih shine on you.
I sing of the goddesses, the Kotharat, [daughters]
of Hilal, the swallows, daughters of
Hilal, lord of the sickle, who went down
[…]
[…] with the Kindly One, El
the Compassionate. Look, in my mouth is
their number, on my lips their count:
her dowry and her bridal gift […]
[…]
[…]
the Good One, the youngest of the Kotharat.
1.25 · Mythological Fragment
[…]
[…] the gods and goddesses who
[…] seven to seventy […]
[…] and […] who […]
[…]
[…]
[…] a house for Haddu
[…] palace […]
[…] his hand
[…]
1.26 I · Hurrian List of Deities
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.26 A · Hurrian List of Deities
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.26 B · Hurrian List of Deities
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.27 · Ritual Fragment
[Ugarit] […]
Anat […]
Likewise, for the house […]
Baal of Ugarit […]
and birds […]
[…] [a burnt offering] […]
thirty, and […]
for El […]
and […]
a liver, […]
for [Sapan] […]
a ram for […]
and […]
[…]
[three] […]
1.28 · Ritual Fragment
[…]
[…] [a cow] […]
[…]
1.29 · Fragment
[Only scattered signs survive on this part of the tablet. No translation is possible.]
1.30 · Hurrian Religious Fragment
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.31 · Fragment
On […]
El […]
Baal […]
1.32 · Hurrian Ritual Fragment
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.33 · Hurrian Religious Fragment
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.34 · Hurrian Religious Fragment
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.35 · Hurrian Religious Fragment
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.36 · Hurrian Religious Fragment
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.37 · Hurrian Religious Fragment
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.38 · Ritual Fragment
[…]
[…] for Shapshu […]
1.39 · Sacrificial Ritual
A ewe as a gift offering, a dove as a gift offering, a ewe as a gift offering;
kidneys and liver; an ox and a ram for El;
a cow for the gods; for Thukamuna-wa-Shunama a ewe;
for Rashap a ewe; as a burnt offering and as peace offerings, two ewes;
for [the god]; an ox and a ram for the gods; a cow for the gods;
for Baal a ram; for Athirat a ram; for Thukamuna-wa-Shunama a ram;
for Anat a ram; for Rashap a ram; for the circle of El and the assembly of Baal
[…] a cow; for Shalim […] a cow; and in the flames, a heart,
roasted, for the gods; for the Baals […] and emmer, five
ten, in full; as a presentation offering […]; for Baal of Sapan a ram;
for Tirathu a ram; for the goddess of […] a ram; for the goddess of […] a ram.
And at night: for Shapshu Pgr; and for the Thurumanu; in the house of the king:[124]
for the god of the house a cow; for Ushkhara a cow; for Yamm a cow;
for Baal a cow; for Yarih a cow; for Kothar
a cow; for Thurumanu a cow; for Pidray a cow; for Daqqitu
a ewe; for Tirathu a ewe; for Rashap
[a burnt offering]; for Anat Hbly sacrifices; for Shapshu Pgr
[a cow]; for the two strangling goddesses two ewes;
for [Yarih] Kty a cow; and for the young woman a ram;
and thirty times; and […] the [altars].
A cow for the Lady of the Houses; birds
for the people of the gods.
1.40 · 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][125]
[…], 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],[126]
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[127]
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].
1.41 · Ritual for the Month of Rishu-Yeni
In the month of [Rishu-Yeni, on the day of the new moon]:
cutting [of a cluster of grapes for El as peace offerings].
On the thir[teenth, the king washes himself clean].
On the four[teenth, the best of the tribute]
and two rams for [the Lady of the Houses; birds for the people of]
the gods, and a ram […]
He sits clean, […]
[…]
[…]
and a do[ve of the town] he sets out [for Anat],
and a bu[ll and a ram for] El, and in the [window]
[…] a cow for the gods; for Thu[kamuna-wa-Shunama]
a ewe; for Rashap a ewe as a burnt offering, and as pe[ace offerings two ewes].
For the god; a bull and a ram for the gods; a co[w];
Baal, a ram; Athirat, [a ram; Thuka]muna-[wa-Shunama, a ram];
Anat, a ram; Rashap, a ram; [the circle of El and the assembly of Baal]
a cow; Shalim, [a cow] […]
roasted for the god[s and for the Baals; and the full measure of]
emmer: thirty; […] and the entry offer[ing]
which the house of the [ki]ng takes; a sacrifice […]
scented oil, honey, kidneys, [and a dove of the town],
and two (measures) of wheat, and on the mountain four[teen]
jars of wine, a half-measure of flour, […].
At the altars of the house of the goddess, bird[s; for Sapan a ram];
for Ghalmatu a ram, and for […] [for Yarih]
a co[w]; for Nikkal […] [a cow for the Lady of the Houses];
bir[ds] for the people of [the gods; a cow for]
the go[ds]; a ewe for Sha[pshu] […]
as a burnt offering, and as pe[ace offerings the same, two ewes];
for the god; a cow for the gods; [a cow for the gods]; […]
a ewe; Thukamuna-wa-Shu[nama, a ewe];
[the goddess of the] house, two ewes; […]
[as peace offerings] the same; a cow for Ba[al of Sapan];
a ewe for Sapan; a cow for [Baal of]
Ugarit; a ram for Ilib; […] [for Athirat];
and birds for […]
and [the hou]se of the Lady of the [High] Houses […]
[the al]tars, on the fifth […]
[of silver]; a liver, and a sacri[fice] […]
for Athirat, birds; [for the people of the gods];
[…] the altar of Baal: a co[w for Baal];
a ewe for Sapan, and a ewe [for Baal of Ugarit];
twenty-two times […]
a ram, a jar of oil, a cow, and [the king is clean];
the word is returned. On the sixth, two [jars of oil]
upon it, a cow. The word is retu[rned]; [the king is clean].
On the seventh, at sunset, the day is free; the sun sets,
and the king [is free]. And on the day of the new moon, two rams
for [Athtar]t.
When the king [sac]rifices to Prgl-Sqrn on the roof:
four by four seats of branches on it; a ram as a burnt offer[ing];[128]
a bu[ll] and a ram as peace offerings, seven times, as his heart wishes.
The king spe[aks]. At sunset the king is free,
[…]
in the ho[use]; and when […] he li[fts] his han[d to] the heavens.
1.42 · Hurrian Hymn
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.43 · Ritual for the Entry of Athtart into the Palace
When Athtart-Hurri enters the pit
of the king's house: ten by ten into the pit of the house of the gods;
stars; […] as an offering:
a garment and a tunic, a robe;[129]
gold, three weights;
[…] a ram, a bull and three
head of small cattle as peace offerings, seven times
for the gods, seven for Kothar.
The next day the Gatharuma enter
the king's house: a shekel of gold
for Shapshu and Yarih; for Gathar
a shekel of fine silver, a nose and a thr[oat]
for Anat; a shekel of gold
for Shapshu [and] Yarih; for Gathar two
shekels [of silver], fine, a nose and a neck
[…]; at the house, a bull and a ram
[…] for the Gatharuma;
[a nose and a thr]oat for Anat;
[a ram and a bull for the Ga]tharuma, the male ones;
[a nose and a thr]oat for Anat.
[…]
The ki[ng] dresses [as] a Hurrian.
The king goes to take the gods.
Behind the gods he goes on foot;
the king goe[s] on foot
seven times for all of them.
1.44 · Hurrian Incantation
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.45 · Mythological Fragment
Wine […]
[…] seven
[…] his mouth […] eight
[…] Shapshu […]
Going, she strides […]
Shapshu after him […]
[…]
[…]
Legs […]
Weeping filled […]
Tears […]
[…]
[…] Ugarit
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.46 · Sacrificial Ritual
[On the day of the new moon], […], a neck, an offering, [two] livers;
[…] [as peace offerings], two rams and a bull for [Dagan];
[…] a ram; El, a ram; Baal, a ram; Dagan, a ram;
[Athtar] and Athtpl, a cow; Sapan, a ewe;
[…] a [bu]ll; Anat, a cow. On the third, dates;
[E]l, a ram; Baal, a ram; Athirat, a ram; Yamm, a ram; Baal of the Wing, a
[cow]; a cow; Sapan, a ewe, as a burnt offering; and as peace offerings:
[…] a [bu]ll for Baal and Athirat; birds for the people
[of the gods], a [co]w; for the houses, a cow. The sun sets and
[the king] is free. [On the four]teenth the king washes himself clean.
[On the day of the full] moon two bulls [fall] for Yarih; […]
[for Baal of] Sapan, two ewes, and a [dove] of the city;
[…] a liver and a ram;
[…] a [bu]ll and a ram [for] Baal of Sapan;
[…] and as peace offerings, the same.
[And in the temple of Baal of Uga]rit, livers and a neck;
[…] [Baal], a ram; Anat of Sapan
[…] and a neck […]
1.47 · List of Deities
Gods of Sapan
Ilib
El
Dagan
Baal of Sapan
Baal
Baal
Baal
Baal
Baal
[Baal]
[Earth] and Heaven
[Kotharat]
[Yarih]
[Sapan]
[Kothar]
[Pidray]
[Athtar]
[Mountains and the Deeps]
[Athirat]
[Anat]
Shapshu
Arsay
Ushkhara
Athtart
The gods allied with Baal
Rashap
Dadmish
The assembly of the gods
Yamm
Utkhat
Kinnar
The Malikum
Shalim
1.48 · Offering List
[…] birds
[…] Baal
[th]ree birds
[for] the Lady of the Houses;
three […] for Dagan;
[…]
[…]
a bull in the fire;
[…]
[…]
two […]
one […] two;
On the day of the sacrifice […] [Baal]:
one for Mzy, son of […];
one for Mkt […];
one for Athtart of the [Field];
four birds;
the estate of Trmn;
one […]
[…] [clean]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] and a neck […]
1.49 · Sacrificial Ritual
[…] a ram for [El];
[…] Athirat, a ram; for
[a b]ird for Pdr […]
sheep […]
for Athtart […]
The next day, the same […]
And on the third, [sheep] […]
for the night […]
a hundred (measures) of [wool] […]
[…]
[…]
the [king] […]
[…]
1.50 · Offerings for Athtart
[…] Ath[tart] […]
[for the th]rone of the goddess […]
[and] six for Athtart […]
[a ram] for the goddess, a ram for Ath[tart] […]
[a b]ird for Pdr, six [sheep] […]
They are waved. The next day, the [same] […]
And for the night, birds and […]
the same; and there is no bird […]
and a hundred (measures) of wool […]
and a jar and honey […]
and he prepares silver […]
1.51 · Hurrian Religious Fragment
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.52 · Hurrian Religious Fragment
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.53 · Sacrificial Ritual Fragment
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] the dwelling of the gods, and in […]
[…] the gods, and […]
[…] and the throne of the Lady of the [House]
[…] the god of the house: a cow […]
[…] the palace […]
1.54 · Hurrian Text
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.55 · Fragment
[Only scattered signs survive on this part of the tablet. No translation is possible.]
1.56 · Ritual Fragment
[…]
Ilib […]
an ox […]
Ilib […]
[…]
a ewe […]
[…]
1.57 · Ritual Fragment
[…]
[…] four […]
[…]
[…]
[…] throne […]
[…] [the Lady of the] Houses […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.58 · Offering Ritual Fragment
[…]
[…] [a cow] […]
[…] [Dadmish] […]
[…]
[…] [Yarih], a ram; [as a burnt offering] […]
[…]
1.59 · Hurrian Religious Fragment
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.60 · Hurrian Offering List for the Gods
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.61 · Mythological Fragment
[…] Anat […]
[…]
[…] washes him
[…]
[…]
1.62 · Mythological Fragment
[…]
[…]
[…] his mouth
[…]
[…] in the midst of the city
[…] [messengers] to him
[…] son of El
[…]
[…]
[…] Shapshu
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.63 · Fragment
[…]
[…] then
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.64 · Hurrian Religious Text
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.65 · Litany to El and the Gods
El, the sons of El,
the circle of the sons of El,
the assembly of the sons of El,
Tarrumannu and Shunama,
El and Athirat,
the grace of El,
[…] of El,
the peace of El,
El, hurry, El […]
[…] Sapan, Baal
of Ugarit,
by the spear of El,
by the […] of El,
by the mace of El,
by the […] of El,
by the burnt offering of El,
by the […] of El,
by the […] of El,
[by the] […] [of El]
1.66 · Hurrian Religious Text
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.67 · Incantation Fragment
[…]
[…]
and […]
[…]
and […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.68 · Hurrian Text of Uncertain Content
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.69 · Incantation Fragment
[Only scattered signs survive on this part of the tablet. No translation is possible.]
1.70 · Akkadian Religious Text in Alphabetic Script
[This text is written in Akkadian in the Ugaritic alphabet. It is left untranslated.]
1.71 · Hippiatric Prescriptions
[Document for the good health of horses]
[…]
[…]
[…] and pours it into its [nostrils]
[If] […] [a ho]rse […] and […]
[one grinds them] [to]gether and pours it into its nostrils
[If] […] a horse […] and al[mond] [and myr]rh
[one grinds them] [to]gether and pours it into its nostrils
[If] [it does not] [defec]ate and does not urinate, put […]
[and put […]], one grinds them together and pours it into its nostrils
[If] […] [seizes] a horse, put […] of the threshing floor
[and] [put] […] [and] [fr]uit of […]
[one grinds them] [and] [pours it] [into] [its nostrils]
[…] [hor]se, p[ut] […]
[…] […] of a don[key]
[one grinds them] [and] [pours it] [into] [its nostrils]
[If] [a horse] [has head trouble], [put] […], one grinds them
[and] [pours it] [into] [its nostrils]
[…]
[…]
[together] [and] [pou]rs it into [its nostrils]
If it has head trouble and […] greatly,
aged fig cakes and aged raisi[ns]
and groat flour; one pours them together
into its nostrils
1.72 · Hippiatric Prescriptions
[Document for the good health of horses]
[If]
and […]
If […] [a horse] […]
and […] [one grinds them]
to[gether] [and] [pours it] [into] [its nostrils]
If […] [a horse] […]
and al[mond] [and myrrh], [one grinds them] [together]
and po[urs it] [into] [its nostrils]
If it does not defe[cate] [and] [does not] [urinate], [a horse]
[…], p[ut] […] [and] [put]
[…], [one grinds them] [together]
and pours [it] [into] [its nostrils]
If […] seizes [a horse]
put […] [of the threshing floor]
and put […]
and fruit of […], [one grinds them]
together and pours [it] [into] [its nostrils]
If […] seizes a h[orse]
put […], put […] [of the threshing floor] [and]
put […] of a donkey, [one grinds them]
together and pours it into [its nostrils]
If a horse has head trouble, p[ut]
[…], one pours it into its nos[trils]
If [a horse] cries out
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
and p[ut] […]
and […]
[…] [of a donkey], [one grinds them]
toget[her] [and] [pours it] [into] [its nostrils]
If a horse has head trouble [and] […]
greatly, ag[ed] fig cakes [and]
aged raisins and [groat flour]
are ground together, and [one pours it]
into its nostrils
1.73 · Fragment
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
seven and […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.74 · List of Deities
Ilib, El
[…]
1.75 · Fragment
[…] the hands of Yamm
[…] the hands of Nahar
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] document […]
[…] sacrifices
[…] Abdssm
1.76 · Ritual Fragment
[…]
[…] forty
[…] forty
[…] [nin]ety
[…] [n]inety
[…] forty
[…] to Shapshu, eight[y]
[…] to Shapshu
[…] to Shapshu
[…] to Nptry, ei[ghty]
[…]
1.77 · Votive Inscription
[…]
[…] may [Baal] bless […]
[…] may Baal bless […]
[…]
[…]
1.78 · Astronomical Omen for the Month of Hiyyaru
On the sixth day of the new moon
of Hiyyaru, she set,
Shapshu; her gatekeeper
was Rashap.
Livers were examined:
danger.
1.79 · Record of Sacrificial Animals
[…] the estate of Ntt.
[…] his ram, and Hsn gave (it).
The servant of Ulm […] Hsn.
A kid Stqn took from the estate of Bin-Ndk,
and a fatling […] the estate of Ntt Hsn gave
[…] the estate Stqn took.
The house of Qbs and at the estate of Ilishtamu Stqn sacrificed
to
Rashap.
1.80 · Record of Sheep Given by Stqn
[…] the estate of Ilishtamu.
The house of Ubnyn: his ram, which Stqn gave.
[…] Stqn slaughtered.
[…] his ram.
[…] his ram.
1.81 · Offering List for the Deities
For […]
For […]
For […]
For […]
For the goddess […]
For the lady […]
For the god of the house […]
For the goddess of the [house] […]
For […] [Dagan]
For Rashap […]
[For] Rashap […]
[For] the [goddess] […]
[For] [Arsay] […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.82 · Incantation against Snakebite
[…] Baal struck […] Tunnanu, and […] and poured out […]
[…] to the earth […]
[…] Baal, the arrows of Rashap […] his kidneys and his heart.[130]
[…] your mouth on the mountain, […] your mouth […] your teeth.
[…] and your lips […] to Mot […]
[…] the voice of Shapshu […] serpents […]
[…]
[And] he speaks […] take me […] take me.
[…] in the vineyards […]
[…] before me […] Baal […]
[…] Anat […] like […]
[…] dust […] your house he drives you out.
[…]
[…] your hand […]
[…]
[…] your eye […]
[…]
[…] daughters […] daughters […]
[…]
[…] in his hand […]
[…] open […]
[…] the orphan girl, the poor woman goes […]
[…] son of Htt, son of Htt […]
[…] like the poor woman goes, like […]
[The] window […] like […]
[…] palace […]
[…] to Horon […]
[…] voice […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] to the voice of the [Rephaim]
[…]
[…] good […]
[…] serpents, and turn back […]
[…] sister […]
[…] to your path […]
[…] the earth […] Baal.
[…] also to your assembly; Anat rises, Anat rises.
[…] your [assembly] he drives you out, […] your house he drives you out.
[…] daughters […] daughters […] the servant of Horon […]
[…] your eye […] the gods.
[…] and bones like bones […], like stones […]
1.83 · Mythological Fragment about Yamm
[…]
[…] El
[…] in the earth
[…] Yamm
two tongues lick,
the heavens […]
Yamm, two tails.
[…]
[…]
on the heights […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
A message, a word.
[…]
[…]
1.84 · Ritual of Atonement for Ugarit
[…] Ugarit
[…] [and] the well-being of Yman […]
[and the well-being of Rmt,] [and] the well-being of Annpdgl
[…] [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 […]
[…]
[in your anger, or in your impatience,] […]
[…] El […] Baal
[…] year
[…] beneath
[…] and the well-being of the stranger
[within the walls of Ugarit, and the well-being of Yman, and the well-being of] Rmt, and the well-being of
[…] [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
[…]
[…] and […]
[…] [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
[…]
[…] [in your anger, or in your impatience,] […]
[…]
[…] star
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] Ugarit
[…] for the people
[…]
[…] [uprightness,] uprightness
[…]
[…] the well-being of Niqmaddu
[…] assembly
[…] Baal
1.85 · Hippiatric Prescriptions
Document for the good health of horses.
If a horse cries out, one puts […];
one grinds it and dissolves it, either in […]
or in […], and pours it into its nostrils.
If a horse […], […] and […];
one grinds them together and pours it into its nostrils.
And if a horse […], […] and almond and myrrh;
one grinds them together and pours it into its nostrils.
And if a horse does not defecate and does not urinate,
[…]; one puts […] and puts […];
[one] grinds them together and pours it into its nostrils.
[And if] […] seizes a horse, one puts […]
of the thresh[ing floor] and puts […]
and the fruit of […]; one grinds it and pours it into its nostrils.
And if […] seizes a horse, one puts […]
and puts […] of the threshing floor and puts
[…] of a donkey; one grinds it and pours it into its nostrils.
And if a horse has head trouble, one puts […];
one grinds it and pours it into its nostrils.
And if […] a horse, coriander, milk
and […] on […];
one grinds [them together and] pours [it into its nostrils].
And if [a horse cries out,] […]
fruit of […], […] and almond [and myrrh] [and]
[…]
and puts […] and the fruit of […] and […]
[…] and the fruit of […] and […]
[…] of a donkey; one grinds [them together]
and pours it into its nostrils.
If it has head trouble and […] greatly,
aged fig cakes, ag[ed] raisins,
and groat flour; one pours them together [into its nostrils].
1.86 · Dream Omens
Document of dreams. An ox one year old, and […]
two years old, a male ox, and […]
an ox, […] Baal, […]
and a heifer […]
year
the horse of Athtart and the horse of […]
And if a horse turns over, […]
who arrives, a person […]
and an ass […] an ass […]
and […]
and […] and […]
for a person, an ass, a harness […]
and one that has no harness […]
and sheep, goats […]
[…]
a lamb […]
son of Baal […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
Then […]
you will speak; in your hand […]
[…] sickle […]
and […] of the cupbearers […]
a son of the cupbearers […]
[…] people […]
[…]
in a dream […]
the face of […]
people, women […]
[…]
and […]
[…]
1.87 · Ritual for the Month of Rishu-Yeni
[In the] month of Rishu-Yeni, on the day of the new moon,
[Cutting] of a cluster of grapes for El as peace offerings.
On the [thirteenth] the king washes himself
[clean]. On the fourteenth, the best
of the tribute [and two] rams for the Lady of
the Houses; [birds for the] people of the gods; and a ram
[…] Ilish, a ram [for the gods]. The king sits clean
and […] and […]
[…]
[…]
two ewes and a [dove of the town] […]
[…]
[…]
for Thukamuna-wa-Shunama [a ewe; for Rashap a ewe as a burnt offering]
and as peace offerings two [ewes for the god; an ox and a ram for]
the gods; a cow [for the gods; for Baal a ram, for Athirat a ram];
for Thukamuna-wa-Shunama [a ram; for Anat a ram; for Rashap a ram; for the Circle of]
El and the Assembly of [Baal a cow; for Shalim a cow].
And in the flames, a [heart roasted for the gods]
and for the Baals; and the full measure of […]
thirty; and the entry offering [which the house of the king takes]:
sacrifice: oil of myrrh, […] [scented oil, honey],
kidneys, and a dove of the t[own], [and two (measures) of wheat],
And on the mountain, four[teen jars of wine],
a half-measure of flour […]
the altars of the house of the [goddess]; [birds; for]
Sapan a ram; for Ghalmatu [a ram; and for]
for Yarih; a cow for Nikkal; [a cow for the Lady]
of the Houses; birds for [the people of]
[the gods; a cow for] the go[ds; a ewe for]
[Shapshu; a co]w for Ra[shap as a burnt offering];
[and as peace offerings the same], two ew[es]; [for the god, a cow];
for the gods a cow; for the gods [a ewe]; [for Thukamuna-]
wa-Shunama a ewe; [the goddess of the house],
[…] at the spring, as a bu[rnt offering, and as peace offerings]
the same; a cow for Baal [of Sapan; a ewe]
for Sapan; a cow for [Baal of]
Ugarit; a ram for Ilib; […] for [Athirat]
and birds for […] [thirty]
times; and the house of […]
High; and he goes up […]
the house of El; a shekel [of silver …]
and the sacrifice […] [for Athirat];
birds for [the people of the gods]; […]
[the al]tar of Baal: a c[ow for Baal of Sapan; a ewe]
for Sapan; and [a ewe …]
[twenty] times […]
a ram; a jar of oil […] [a cow; and the king]
is clean; the word [is returned]. […]
[…]
clean. On the seventh, [at sunset, the day is]
free. The sun sets [and the king is free]. And on the
day of the new moon, two rams [for Athtart] […]
In the month of […], on the fourteenth
the king [washes himself] clean.
On the next day, a ram as a burnt offering for […]. The sun sets
and the king is free.
son of Aupsh […] and Bs; son of Hzph, three;
Ktrmlk; [son of] Ytrt, five; son of Gdah, nine;
[…] eight; Krwn […]
[…] Iry, three […]
1.88 · Fragment
[…] and showers
[…] fire
and she does not eat and does not drink
1.89 · Ritual Fragment
[…] and […]
[…] for […]
[…]
[…] and a ram […]
[…]
[…]
1.90 · Royal Offering for Rashap-Hagab
When the king sees
Rashap-Hagab: a nose
and a neck of silver
and of gold likewise;
and an arrow; an ox
and a ram for the night; an ox
and […] for the Inash-
[Ilim]
and […]
[…]
a shekel […]
and […]
and […]
and […]
an [ox]
and […]
[…] peace offering
[…] a ram for […]
[…] for Rashap a ram
for well-being. And the king
is delivered […]
1.91 · Wine Allocations for Royal Sacrifices
Wine that is consumed by the hand of […]
at the king's sacrifice […]:
the sacrifice of Sapan;
[…]
Ilib;
the god of Bldn;
[Pi]dray of the king's house;
[an ox] […]
[…]
when Athtart of the Field enters the king's house;
when the Rashaps enter the king's house;
[…]
the new moons;
the sacrifice of Baal […] when the Lady of the House goes;
at the pit of Rashap of the Army;[131]
[…]
[…] the gods;
[…]
[…] the Lady.
Lbnm: wine, ten.
Hlb-Gngnt: wine, three.
Bsr: wine, ten.
Nnu: wine, four.
Sql: wine, three.
Smny: two jars of wine.
Smgy: a jar of wine.
Hzp: wine, nine.
Bir: ten, mṣb wine; […] drawn wine.
Hpty: two jars, [mṣb wine].
Agm: four, [mṣb wine].
Srs: seven, mṣb wine […]
Rqd: three, mṣb wine, and […]
Uhnp: six, mṣb wine […]
Total of wine: mṣb wine, se[ven …];
and drawn wine: two […]
1.92 · Myth of Athtart the Huntress
[…]
Athtart [the huntress] […]
goes into the wilderness […]
[…]
and […] the deeps […]
goes out […]
her spear […]
Athtart returns […]
[…] she places on the left […]
[…] she raises her eyes and […]
a doe […] a bull […]
At the spring she [grasps] her spear […]
[…] in her right hand […]
[…] Baal […]
Bull El, her father […]
She feeds Yarih […]
Kothar the craftsman […]
[…] Athtart […]
[…]
[…] guarding the vineyard
[…] her father, the vineyard […]
[…]
[…] upon her […]
[…] with her […] like the stars
[…] like stars […]
[…] Baal desires her […]
[…] goes down before him
[…] Mightiest Baal [rejoices] […]
[…] and he raises his horn
[…]
[…] your [flesh]; do not give […]
[…] do not give […]
[…] [the life] of Baal […]
[…] [Rider] of the Clouds
[…] wine and […] fish
[…] to Mightiest Baal
[Baal], Rider of the Clouds
1.93 · Incantation Fragment
[…] a word […]
in my mouth […] on the tongue […]
[…] in my soul […]
The word of Baal I [heard] […]
Hear me […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.94 · Fragment
[…] brings news […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] brings news […]
[…] holy […] El […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.95 · Fragment
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
goes […]
1.96 · Incantation against the Evil Eye
The eye goes and […]
It sees its brother, how fair its brother is […][132]
how handsome. It devours his flesh[133]
without a sword, it drinks his blood
without a cup. It turns back the eye
of the sorcerer, the eye of the sorceress, it turns back
the eye of the warrior, the eye of the assembly,
the eye of the gatekeeper. The eye of the gatekeeper
to the gatekeeper let it return. The eye of the assembly
to the assembly let it return. The eye of the warrior
to the warrior let it return. The eye of the sorcerer
to the sorcerer let it return. The eye of the [sorceress]
to the sorceress let it [return] […]
1.97 · Hippiatric Prescriptions
[and pours it] into its nos[trils].
If […] seizes a hor[se] […]
and put […] of the thresh[ing floor] […]
[…] of a donkey [is ground] […]
and pours it into its nostrils.
If a horse has head trouble […]
one grinds it and pours it into its nos[trils].
[…] the [horse] […]
[If] a horse [cries out] […]
[…]
[…]
[…] and put […]
[…]
[…]
1.98 · Fragment
[…]
[…] El […]
[…]
and you know […]
[…]
in my house […]
[…]
Baal […]
[…]
1.100 · Incantation against Snakebite
The mother of the stallion, the mare, daughter of the spring, daughter of the stone, daughter of heaven and the deep,
calls to Shapshu her mother: "Shapshu, mother, carry my message to[134]
El at the source of the two rivers, at the meeting of the two deeps:
My spell for the bite of the snake, the venomous snake, the snake
[…]. From it let the charmer destroy, from it let him cast out
the venom." Then he binds the snake, feeds the snake […],
sets out a chair and sits.
She calls to Shapshu her mother: "Shapshu, mother, carry my message
to Baal on the heights of Sapan: My spell for the bite
of the snake, the venomous snake, the snake […]. From it
let the charmer destroy, from it let him cast out the venom." Then he binds
the snake, feeds the snake […], sets out a chair
and sits.
She calls to Shapshu her mother: "Shapshu, mother, carry my message to
Dagan in Tuttul: My spell for the bite of the snake, the venomous snake,
the snake […]. From it let the charmer destroy, from it
let him cast out the venom." Then he binds the snake, feeds
the snake […], sets out a chair and sits.
She calls to Shapshu her mother: "Shapshu, mother, carry my message to
Anat and Athtart in Inbubu: My spell for the bite
of the snake, the venomous snake, the snake […]. From it let the
charmer destroy, from it let him cast out the venom." Then he binds
the snake, feeds the snake […], sets out a chair
and sits.
She calls to Shapshu her mother: "Shapshu, mo[ther], carry [my message] to
Yarih in Larugatu: My spell for the bite of the snake, the venomous snake,
the snake […]. From it let the charmer destroy, from it let him cast out
the venom." Then he binds the snake, feeds the snake
[…], sets out a chair and sits.
She calls to Shapshu her mother: "Shapshu, mother, carry my message to
Rashap in Bibitu: My spell for the bite of the snake, the venomous snake,
the snake […]. From it let the charmer destroy, from it let him cast out
the venom." Then he binds the snake, feeds the snake […],
sets out a chair and sits.
She calls to Shapshu her mother: "Shapshu, mother, carry my message to
Zizzu and Kamathu in Hurriyatu: My spell for the bite of the snake, the venomous
snake, the snake […]. From it let the charmer destroy, from it
let him cast out the venom." Then he binds the snake, feeds the snake
[…], sets out a chair and sits.
She calls to Shapshu her mother: "Shapshu, mother, carry my message to
Milku in Athtarat: My spell for the bite of the snake, the venomous snake,
the snake […]. From it let the charmer destroy, from it let him cast out
the venom." Then he binds the snake, feeds the snake
[…], sets out a chair and sits.
She calls to Shapshu her mother: "Shapshu, mother, carry my message to
Kothar-wa-Hasis in Caphtor: My spell for the bite of the snake,
the venomous snake, the snake […]. From it let the charmer destroy,
from it let him cast out the venom." Then he binds the snake,
feeds the snake […], sets out a chair
and sits.
She calls to Shapshu her mother: "Shapshu, mother, carry my message to
Shahar and Shalim in the heavens: My spell for the bite of the snake,
the venomous snake, the snake […]. From it let the charmer
destroy, from it let him cast out the venom." Then he binds
the snake, feeds the snake […], sets out
a chair and sits.
She calls to Shapshu her mother: "Shapshu, mother, carry my message
to Horon in […]: My spell for the bite of the snake,
the venomous snake, the snake […]. From it let the charmer
destroy, from it let him cast out the venom."
Toward Horon she turns her face, for she is losing
her offspring. […] the city of the east.
Then he sets his face toward great Arashih
and […] Arashih. He casts a tamarisk from among the trees,
and from among the shrubs the tree of death. With the tamarisk he shakes it off,
with the date cluster he drives it away, with […] he removes it, […]
[…] he carries it off. Horon arrives at his house and
goes to his court. The venom […] like a stream,
it runs off like a channel.
Behind her is the house of the spell, behind her the house is shut,
behind her the bronze is set. "Open the house of the spell,
open the house so I may enter, the palace so I may go in."
"Give snakes, give poisonous lizards as
my bride-price, and the young of the serpent as my gift."
"I give snakes as your bride-price, the young of the serpent
as your gift."
After Rashap, Athtart:
to Athtart in Mari:
My spell for the bite of the snake.
1.101 · Hymn to Baal Enthroned on Sapan
Baal sits enthroned, like the seat of a mountain; Haddu […][135]
like the flood, in the midst of his mountain, divine Sapan, on the
mountain of might. Seven lightning bolts, […]
eight storehouses of thunder, the shaft of lightning […]
His head […]; Tallay between his eyes.
[…] his legs; [horns]
that are upon his head […] in the heavens.
[…] his mouth […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] he pours oil of peace into a bowl; [she washes]
her hands, Maiden Anat, her fingers, [the Sister-in-law]
of the Peoples. She takes her lyre in her hand, [she puts]
[…] to her breast; she sings of the love of Mighty
Baal, the affection.
1.102 · Two Lists of Deities
the god of the house
Ushkhara
Yamm, Baal
Yarih
Kothar
Thurumanu
Pidray
Daqqitu
Tirathu
Rashap
Anat Hbly
Shapshu Pgr
the two strangling goddesses
Yarih Kty
Ygbhd
Yrgbbl
Ydbil
Yarsil
Yrgmil
Mtr
Ydbil
Yrgblim
Mtr
Yarsil
Ydbbl
Yrgmbl
Zbl
Ydbhd
1.103 · Omens from Malformed Animal Births
[…] of the flock […]: many […] will fall in the land.
[…] its livestock […]
[…]: [famine] will be in the land.
If there is no […], the land will perish.
If […] is open, famine will be in the land.
[If it has no] nose or nostrils, the land [will perish]; the same.
If there is no […], the king will seize the land [of his enemy]; the king's weapons will bring it low.
[…] the livestock of the land [will perish].
If it has no left leg, the king […]
If there is no left […], the king […] his enemy.
If a horn of flesh is on its left side, […]
If it has no spleen, famine [will be in the land]; […] will be.
The king will not obtain offspring.
If it has no testicles, the seed [of that land] will be destroyed.
If there is no shank on its left foreleg, [the king] will destroy the livestock of [his enemy].
If there is no […], the enemy will destroy the livestock of the land.
[…] the mighty warriors will capture the king's enemy.
[…] [the enemy] will perish; the same.
[…] famine, and […]
[…] will grow strong.
[…]
[…] [his enemy]
[…]
[…]
[…] flesh on […]
If it has no right leg, […]
If there is no […] on the shank [of its foreleg],
If there is no shank on its right foreleg, [the king]
will not obtain offspring.
If it has no nostrils, […]
If it has no tongue, [famine]
Its lower lip […]
Its face is the face of […]
[…] its owner's days; the livestock [of the enemy will perish].
If it has no right ear, [the enemy] will devastate the land
[that], [and] destroy it.
If it has no left ear, the king will devastate the land of his enemy
and destroy it.
If its legs are short, the lord […] the troops, and afterward
Rashap will consume.
If its nose is like the nose of a bird, the gods will destroy the land
[that]; […]
[…] on its head, the seed of the king […]
[…]
[…] comes out, Shapshu will bring that land low.
[…] the king will humble the might of his troops.
[…], the king's weapons will be raised.
[…] in his hand.
[…] its eye, and its eye is in its forehead,
[the enemy] will trample the land.
If its heart comes out through its mouth, the enemy will consume the land.
If it has no feet, the troops will turn against the king.
If it has no tongue, the land will break apart.
[…] on its side, the king will make peace with his enemy.
If it has no […], the seed of that land will be destroyed.
If […], the gods will destroy that land.
If its eye is [in] its forehead, the king will be strong over his subjects.
If it has […] and […], the king will destroy his enemy.
If it has no left foreleg, the land of the enemy will perish.
1.104 · Ritual Fragment
The request […]
which the gods […]
which is eaten […]
thirty […]
ten […]
and an outfit […]
On the [eighth] day […]
and a bowl […]
and two […]
and […]
and on the ninth […]
he gives a ram […]
the house of […] and the house of […]
and the house of the singer.
And on the tenth day
you move the garments to its chapel.
You furnish them again […]
two, and […]
you bring them near.
and you place two.
And from the house of the gods, eight,
eight, eight […]
eight […]
and for […]
and […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
three for […]
1.105 · Offerings for the Month of Hiyyaru
[In] the pit of Rashap Mhbn: a ram
as a burnt offering, and […]
On the next day, in the pit of Hiyyaru:
thirty-eight sheep,
seven bulls.
The house of Baal of Ugarit: two rams.
On the next day, for Rashap Mlk:
a bull and a ram; for the Lady
of the Houses, a ram from Ittaqabu,
and a ram from the springs, and a ram
from the royal estate, and a ram. On the next day,
for Kothar, two rams. On the next day,
[…] two rams, a young bull
[…]
In the month of Hiyyaru, on the day of the new moon:
a bull and a ram for the Lady of the Houses.
On the fourteenth day, Baal
[…]
On the eighteenth day
the king washes himself clean.
On the next day, […] in the pit of Sapan:
a casting of silver and gold, […] two rams for Btbt.
a bull and a ram as a burnt offering, a bull as peace offerings
for Baal; a bird for Sapan;
a neck and a ram for Rashap Bbt;
birds for the people of the gods.
[…] two ewes
1.106 · Royal Sacrificial Ritual
For Rashap Hgb, birds;
for the people of the gods, a burnt offering.
Ydbil: a cow. Ya-
rsil: a cow.
Mtr: a cow. A neck
and a ram for Rashap [Mhbn]
as a burnt offering; birds [for] [the people]
[of the gods]
son of […]
the king; the house of the [king]
a ram for Pdr […]
the house of the king […] seven
sheep for its chapel, a ram for its sanctuary,
for its upper room; a ram for its chapel; Nikkal
a ram […]; and the singer sings
a song […] before
the king. The king's hand is opened:
a cow. On the eighth day of Gannu,
[A ne]ck and four-
teen ewes
and seven cows, and […]
all the fish soup, in the garden.
The word returns in the garden, and
the king is free. On the twenty-second day
[…] the meal. On the twenty-
fifth day the king washes himself
clean, and at night […]
the throne. On the next day the meal goes out
nine sheep and a bull
and a goose […]
two ewes and a cow […]
for Arsay. The word returns,
and the king is free.
1.107 · Incantation against Snakebite
[…]
[…] the great gods […]
[…] in his hand […]
[…]
[…] the serpent
[…] bite; he did not know […]
[…] venom, and […]
[…] Shrgzz weeps like a boy,
[and sheds tears] like a child. Shapshu in the heavens calls out:
[…]
“[Sh]rgzz, you weep like a boy, you shed tears like
a child.” Weeping, [Shrgzz] answers […]
[…]
[…]
[Shap]shu in the heavens calls out […]
[…] says
[…] says a word
[…]
[…]
[…] says
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] venom […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] Horon
[…] venom […] king
[…] Horon
[…] [Shapshu, remove] it to the mountains,
[…] upon the ea[rth …] remove [the ve]nom.
[Shapshu, remove] it to the mountains, […] upon the earth,
[…] the venom from the mouth of the [b]iter, the destroyer, from the mouth of the devourer.
[…] remove the venom […] removes the venom.
[Shapshu, remove] it to the mountains, […] upon the earth, […]
[remove the ve]nom. E[l and] Horon remove the venom;
[Baal] and Dagan remove the venom; Anat and Athtart
[re]move the venom; Yarih and Rashap remove the venom;
[Athta]r and Athtapar remove the venom; Zizzu and Kamathu
[re]move the venom; Milku in Athtarat removes the venom;
[Kotha]r-wa-Hasis removes the venom; Shahar and Shalim
[re]move the venom. Shapshu, remove it to the mountains, […] upon the earth.
I have removed the venom from the mouth of the [b]iter, the destroyer, from the mouth of the devourer, […]
[…] blood
[…] Shapshu
[…]
[…] on the day she gives birth
[…]
[…] the great [g]ods […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.108 · Hymn to Rapiu, the Eternal King
[…] Rapiu, the eternal king, drinks; and drinks
[the god] Gathar and Yaqar, the god who dwells in Athtartu,
the god who rules in Edrei, who sings and makes music[136]
on lyre and pipe, on drum and cymbals,
with castanets of ivory, in the good company of Kothar.
And Anat the mighty drinks, lady of kingship, lady
of dominion, lady of the high heavens,
[la]dy of the crown; and Anat flies, soars
[in] the high [heav]ens […]
[…] and El drinks
[…]
[…] king
[…] his god drinks
[…]
[…] Rashap
[…] arrives
[…]
[…] for Baal
[…] Rapiu, the eternal king, comes to you
[…]
[…] Rapiu, the eternal king, with strength,
[Rapiu], the eternal king, with his might, with
[his power], with his rule, with his splendor, for the Rephaim[137]
of the earth: your strength, your might, your power,
your rule, your splendor, in the midst of
Ugarit, […] the days of Shapshu and Yarih
and the pleasant years of El.
1.109 · Sacrificial Ritual for the Full Moon
On the fourteenth day
the king washes himself pure.
On the day of the full moon
two bulls fall.
(for) Yarih. A feast for Ba[al] [of Sapan]:
two ewes and a town dove
and two kidneys […] a ram for Rmsh
and a liver and a ram for Shalim; a liver
a bull and a ram for Baal of Sapan,
a ewe for Sapan as a burnt offering; and as peace offerings
the same. And in the temple of Baal of Ugarit:
[…] and a neck; Ilib,
a cow; El, a ram; Baal, a ram; Anat
of Sapan, a bull and a ram; Pidray, a ram
as a burnt offering. And as peace offerings: Ilib, a ram;
Baal of Ugarit, a ram; Baal of Aleppo, a ram;
Yarih, a ram; Anat of Sapan, a bull
and a ram; Pidray, a ram; Dadmish, a ram.
And at the window: Ilib, a ram;
Baal, a bull and a ram;
Dagan, a ram; the helper gods of
Baal, a ram; Anat, a ram; Rashap, a ram
as peace offerings.
And as an elevation offering: El, a ram.
For Anat […], two rams;
for the Gatharuma […]
of the two bulls; and a bull and a ram
as a burnt offering, and as peace offerings the same,
for Baal of Sapan […]
thirty times. A ram for […]
the table of the Lady of the Palace.
On the day after next, a cow for Baal
of Sapan; […] an e[w]e
for Sapan; […] Baal of Ug[arit] […];
Ilib, a cow; for Baal
of Ugarit […] [A]nat of Sapan […]
peace offering[s].
1.110 · Hurrian Sacrificial List
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.111 · Hurrian-Ugaritic Sacrificial Ritual
[…]
Three days […] he enters.
The king […]
[…]
[…]
[…] burnt offerings, birds,
kids, all of them; a ram for Yarih.
[…]
[…]
[…] a ram […]
[…]
[…]
The following day […]
And on the second (day): oxen;
on the third […]
seven oxen for
El the King; […] a ewe for
[…] of Athtar, a ram
[…]
a ram […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.112 · Offerings for the Month of Hiyyaru
In the month of Hiyyaru, on the [day of]
the new moon: […]
two rams for its chapel, and a shekel
of silver, and […] for the Lady
of the Houses; a ram; birds for the people
of the gods. And the sons of the king and the daughters
of the king go up seven times.
On the third (day) the gods go up into the chapel.
The sun sets, and the king is free.
[On the] seventh day of the new moon, washes himself
[the kin]g, clean. On the eighth: […]
food, a shekel of silver, and a jar
of wine for Athtart of Hurri. On the
eleventh (day), at sunrise, free
is the king. On the
thirteenth (day), washes himself
the king, clean. On the
fourteenth (day) the Gatharu come down.
Its provisions: two rams for the Gatharu.
And the word of the Gatharu is repeated.
And the holy one sings. On the
fifteenth (day), as a wave offering: a ram for El, a ram for Baal of
Sapan, a ram for Baal of Ugarit, two [rams]
for Athirat, two rams for Btbt, [and for]
the Goddess of Migdal a ram, and […]
and seven cows and
fourteen ewes. On the [sixteenth]
(day): a ram for Btbt, and […]
On the seventeen[th] (day)
[…] three […]
[…]
[…]
1.113 · Hymn and List of Deified Kings
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] arrives
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] [the divine Ammi]thtamru
[…] [the divine Ni]qmepa
[…] the divine Mpi
[…] the divine Ibiranu
[…] the divine Ydrd
[the divine Ammithtam]ru, the divine Niqmepa
[the divine Niqma]ddu, the divine Ibiranu
[the divine Arhal]ba, the divine Ammurapi
[the divine Niq]mepa, [the divine] Niqmepa
[the divine Ammith]tamru, the divine Ibiranu
[the divine Niq]maddu, the divine Niqmepa
[…] the divine Ibiranu
[…] the divine Niqmaddu
[…] the divine Yaqaru
1.114 · El's Feast
In his house El gave a feast of game, the produce of the hunt in the midst of his palace.
He cried: To the carving, gods! Eat, O gods, and drink![138]
Drink wine until satiety, foaming wine until intoxication!
Yarih arched his back like a dog; he gathered up crumbs beneath the tables.
Any god who recognized him threw him meat from the joint.
But any god who did not recognize him hit him with a stick beneath the table.
At the call of Athtart and Anat he approached.
Athtart threw him a haunch, and Anat a shoulder of meat.
The porter of El’s house shouted: cLook!
Why have you thrown a haunch to the dog, to the cur have you thrown a shoulder?”
He shouted at El his father. El summoned his drinking-companions;
El took his seat in his feasting house.
He drank wine to satiety, new wine until intoxication.
El went off to his house; he stumbled off towards his dwelling;
Thukamun and Shanim supported him.
A creeping monster approached him, with horns and tail!
He floundered in his own faeces and urine:
El fell down as though dead; El was like those who go down into the underworld.
Anat and Athtart went out hunting.
[…] Baal […]
[…]
Athtart and Anat returned and they brought back meat.
When they had cured him, he awoke.
This is what needs to be put on his forehead: dog-hair and the knot of a vine and its juice.
and the head of a […] and its juice.
They should be applied together with virgin olive oil.
1.115 · Royal Sacrifice to Ushkhara Khulmizzi
When the king sacrifices
to Ushkhara Khulmizzi
in the house of the god of the house:
a ram for Khulmizzi
and a turtledove for Qlh,
and the hands are purified
in the sanctuary of the god of the house.
And the woman eats.
A ram for the god of the house as a peace offering;
everyone eats of it.
And in the house of the cupbearers:
a ram for Ushkhara Khulmizzi
and a turtledove for Qlh.
One day.[139]
1.116 · Hurrian Sacrifice for Athtart
Sacrifice for Athtart.
Invocations at the threshing floor:
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]; and in the house:
[…]
And in the house: […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.117 · Mythological Fragment
[…]
[…] all
[…] El his father, El […]
[…] and his sons, the goddess
[…] to me, like the gods
[…] [E]l, the shelter of his sons,
[…] [Pi]dray, daughter of Ar,
[…]
[…] the mountain of dew,
[…]
[…] And Pidray answered,
[daughter of Ar], […] your seat
[…]
1.118 · List of Deities
Ilib
El
Dagan
Baal of Sapan
Baal
Baal
Baal
Baal
Baal
Baal
Earth and Heaven
Kotharat
Yarih
Sapan
Kothar
Pidray
Athtar
Mountains and [the Deeps]
[A]thirat
Anat
Shapshu
Arsay
Ushkhara
Athtart
The gods allied with Baal
Rashap
Dadmish
The assembly of the gods
Yamm
Utkhat
Kinnar
The Malikum
Shalim
1.119 · Sacrifices for the Month of Ibaalat and Prayer for Ugarit
In the month of Ibaalat, on the seventh day,
a ram for Baal of Rkt, in […]
and the house of Baal of Ugarit […]
When the sun sets, the king is free. On the seven-
teenth day, the king washes himself clean:[140]
a cow, holy to El; a cow for the Baals;
a cow for the lad; two ewes and a cow
for the two maidens. In the house […], he sacrifices,
and […] behind the house of Baal
of Ugarit: a lamb and a city dove
as a gift offering. On the eighteenth day of Ibaalat,
a bull for the […] of Baal of Ugarit,
both a burnt offering and an elevation offering. There shall sacrifice
the king in the house of El: a neck for [Ushkhara],
a neck for Baal […]
and a donkey for […]
[…]
[…] two […]
[…]
On the fourth day, birds; on the fifth day, birds
and a liver, and a ram as a burnt offering for Baal
of Ugarit, in the house. On the seventh day […]
[…]. When the sun sets,
the king is free. Here is the oil of well-being
of Baal, […]
When the mighty one attacks your gate,[141]
the warrior, your walls, you shall lift up your eyes to Baal.
O Baal: If you drive the mighty one from our gate,[142]
the warrior from our walls: A bull, O Baal, we will consecrate;
a vow, Baal, we will fulfill;[143]
a firstborn, Baal, we will consecrate;
a flesh sacrifice, Baal, we will fulfill. A feast, Baal, we will prepare;
the sanctuary, Baal, we will ascend; the path of Baal’s temple, we will walk.
Then Baal will listen to your prayer.
He will drive the mighty one from your gate,
the warrior from your walls.
1.120 · Hurrian Religious Text
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.121 · Ritual of Atonement for Ugarit
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.]
And [the well-being of the stranger within the walls of]
Ugar[it],
and [the well-being of]
Niq[maddu]:
or […],
or [by the word of]
1.122 · Ritual of Atonement for Ugarit
[…] [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.]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.123 · Liturgical List of Deities
[…] the Father and the gods.
[And] peace. Peace […]
[Peace]. El […].
Dagan and Baal.
Tt and Kamathu.
Yarih and […].
[…]
Thukamuna and Shunama.
Kothar-wa-Hasis.
Athtar, Athtapar.
Shahar and Shalim.
[…]
[…]
Justice, Rectitude.
[…] El […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
The holy one, the king […]
[…] of El […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
Qudshu and Amrur.
[…]
Kothar-wa-Hasis: peace.
Peace, god of the house.
Peace, god of […].
Rashap, the folk of the [gods].
[…] the gods.
[And the gods]: peace.
1.124 · Consultation of Ditanu for a Sick Child
When the lord
of the great gods comes to Ditanu
and asks for a judgment about the child,
Ditanu answers him:
Answer: […] of myrrh, take it
and put it in the house of Horon […]
of new [myrrh], take it and put it
in the house of Baal. Take […]
and put it in the house, and […]
[…] his illness. And there came[144]
your messenger to Ditanu.
He received the judgment,
and he answered him,
Ditanu: Wipe the house clean,
with no fish and no dog,
and afterward there will be no bitterness.
1.125 · Hurrian Sacrificial List
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.126 · Ritual Fragment
[…]
[…] Rashap, [a cow] […]
[…]
[…] Rashap, [an ox] […]
[…] goes out […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] [five] […]
[…] El […]
and the king […]
on the sixth […]
upon it […]
[…] on the [seventh]
day, and […]
[…]
[…]
1.127 · Inscribed Lung Model
The sacrifice of every month:
a vow,
a sacrifice
[…]
and […]
Trmn and
the sacrifice of all
all will consume
a sacrifice according to the writings
[…]
and […]
[…] a sacrifice
[a sacrifice]
[a vow] of the house
[…] a man
a ram as a [burnt offering]
and [a peace offering]
[…]
[…]
and […]
a bull for Dagan […]
in your house […]
and for the sacrifice […]
[…]
[…] the woman, he takes a goat
[…]
If the city is seized, if death comes up against a man,
the household of the man takes a goat
and looks from afar.
1.128 · Hurrian Incantation
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.129 · Fragment
[…]
[…] he weeps […]
[…] prince […]
[…] wisdom […]
[…] O Baal […]
[…]
1.130 · Sacrificial Ritual for the Day of the Full Moon
[…] a ram […]
for Baal, a ram […]
for Dagan, a ram […]
for [Anat] of [Sapan],
an ox and [a ram];
for [Pidray] […]
and as [peace offerings]:
for Ilib, [a ram];
for Baal of [Ugarit], [a ram];
for Baal of Aleppo, [a ram];
for Yarih, a ram;
for Anat of Sapan,
an ox and a ram;
for Pidray, a ram.
On the day of the full moon, two oxen. [The next day]
[…] Yarih; for Baal […]
two ewes and a [town] dove
[…] two kidneys […]
and two livers for the [Kotharat],
[…] a ram, and a ram as a peace [offering].
For Baal of Sapan, an ox and [a ram];
as a burnt offering, a bird for Sapan;
and as peace offerings, for Baal of [Ugarit],
an [ox] and a ram; for [Sapan] […]
the house of [Baal] of [Ugarit] […]
[…] [Ilib], a [cow]
[…]
[and] for Dadmish, a ram.
1.131 · Hurrian Incantation Naming Ushkhara
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.132 · Ritual for Pidray and Hurrian Deities
On the nineteenth day
the bed of Pidray is spread
in the house of the king.
[…]
a cow; for Hebat, a ram;
[…], a cow;
for Daqqitu, a cow;
for Hutena and Hutellura, two ewes;
[…], a ewe;
for Nubadig, a ewe;
[…], a ewe;
[…], a ewe.
On the next day, two rams
for Hebat, and for the
family of the gods
the same. Before
night, birds.
[…] a cow;
for Allani, a cow;
for Hebat, a cow;
for the family of the gods, the same.
On the third day, […]
for Allani, two rams;
for the family of the gods, the same.
Before night […]
the bed.
At sunset
the king is free.
1.133 · Mot's Appetite
And answered the son
of El, Mot: “The appetite
is the appetite of lions
in the wasteland, and the appetite
of the dolphin in the sea.
[…]
like wild oxen […]
the spring […] does.
[…] a cup […]
[…]
seven […] in the bowl
[…] seven myriads
[…]
[…] gazelles […] bull
[…] El
Mo[t] rejoices […] the beloved
of El, the hero […]
[…]
[…] prince
1.134 · Ritual Fragment
[…] a bull and […]
[…] [a bull] and a ram as a burnt [offering] […]
[…] Rashap Hagab […]
[…] the people of the [gods] […]
[…] three […]
[…] a ram […]
[…] for Baal of [Aleppo] […]
[…] for [Pidray] […]
[…]
[…] a ram for […]
[…] [Arsay] […]
1.135 · Hurrian Sacrificial List
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.136 · Ritual Fragment
[…] a [garment] […]
a [garment] […]
and for the gate […]
and a sacrifice […]
and a sacrifice […]
and […]
[…]
for Kothar-wa-[Hasis] […]
in jars […]
in garments […]
for […]
twenty […]
the next day, [likewise] […]
1.137 · Fragment
[…]
[…] El […]
[…] and […]
[…] Baal and […]
[…] [his dwelling] […]
[…] his hand […]
[…] in the scales […]
[…] his dwelling […]
[…]
1.138 · Offerings for the Month of Niqalu
In the month of [Niqalu] […]
for Ilib, a [cow] […]
[…] two […]
as a burnt offering, and […] [as peace offerings]
a [cow] […]
[as peace offerings] […]
1.139 · Sacrificial Ritual
[…]
[…] [Ilib]
[…] [as peace offerings]
[…] and two rams
[…] and a ram
[…] [the helpers] of Baal, a ram
[…] [Ugarit], a ram
[…] a cow
[…] two
[…] for […]
[…] and a half
[…]
[…] [Pidray] of the royal palace
[…] [the sacrifice] of Pidray
[…] [a bull] and a ram
[…] the gods
[…] silver
[…]
1.140 · Birth Omens
If [a woman gives birth] […],
the land […].
If [a woman] gives birth […],
he will prevail over […].
If [a woman] gives birth […],
the land of the enemy [will perish].
If [a woman] gives birth […],
help […].
If [a woman] gives birth […],
the weapons [of the king] […]
will not […]
in it […]
[…]
If [a woman gives birth] […]
1.141 · Inscribed Liver Model
For Agptr, when he acquired the young man […]
1.142 · Votive Inscription for Athtar
Sacrifice of Byy, son of
Try, for Athtar
who is in […]
1.143 · Inscribed Liver Model
The liver of Ypt,
son of Ykn,
when he opened […]
this one.
1.144 · Fragment
[…]
of Ybnmlk
for […]
1.146 · Ritual Fragment
[…]
[…] new
[…] likewise, and […]
[…] likewise […]
[…] there
[…] his sown field
[…] they
[…] Shapshu
[…]
1.147 · Fragment
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] he cooks
[…]
[…] like
[…]
[…]
[…] the gods
[…]
[…] Baal
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.148 · Sapan Sacrificial List and Other Rites
Sacrifice for Sapan: [for Ilib, a bull and a ram;]
for El, a bull and a ram; [for Dagan, a bull and a ram; for Baal of Sapan, a bull and a ram;]
for Baal, a bull and a ram; [for Baal, a bull and a ram;]
for Baal, a bull and a ram; for Baal, a bull [and a ram; for Baal, a bull and] a ram;
for Earth-and-Heaven, a ram; for the Kotharat, a ram; for Yarih, [a ram;]
for Sapan, a ram; for Kothar, a ram; for Pidray, a ram; for Mountains-and-the-Deeps, a ram;
for Athirat, a ram; for Anat, a ram; for Shapshu, a ram; for Arsay, a ram; for Athtart, a ram;
for Ushkhara, a ram; for the helper gods of Baal, a ram; for Rashap, a ram; for Dadmish, a ram;
for the assembly of the gods, a ram; for Yamm, a ram; for Kinnaru, a ram; bulls, birds, a cow.
And as a peace offering: for Ilib, a ram; for El, [a ram;] for Dagan, a ram; for Baal of Sapan, a bull;
for Baal, likewise; for Baal, likewise; for Baal, likewise; for Baal, likewise;
for Baal, likewise; for Baal, likewise.
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
When Athtart of the Field enters the house of the king […]
two […], seven […], four […], […]
fifty […], three hundred […]
a log of perfumed oil, […]
[…] of balm, […] of honey, […] and […]
[…]; for Ilib, a ram;
for Earth-and-Heaven, a ram;
for El, a ram; for the Kotharat, a ram;
for Dagan, a ram; for Baal of Aleppo, a bull and a ram;
for Baal of Sapan, a bull and a ram;
for Trty, a bull and a ram;
for Yarih, a ram; for Sapan, a ram;
for Kothar, a ram; for Athtar, a ram;
for Athirat, a ram; for Shaggar-and-Ithm, a ram;
[…], a ram; for Rashap Idrp, a ram;
[…], a ram;
[…], a ram;
[…] for Kinnaru, [a ram;] […]
[…] for Mishar, a ram […]
[…], a ram; for El […]
[…] and the Deep […]
[…], a ram; […]
[…], a ram; for the god of Lebanon, a ram; […]
a bull and a ram; for Baal, a bull [and a ram;]
a bull and [a ram].
1.149 · Hurrian Text
[This text is written in Hurrian, not Ugaritic. Hurrian is too poorly understood for a reliable translation, so it is left untranslated.]
1.151 · Song Fragment for Baal and Anat
[…]
[…]
[…] thrones
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
Sing […] to Baal
[…] to El, and to Baal a voice
Sing to Anat […] Baal
[…] to Baal […]
[in the] valley, and […]
1.152 · Mythological Fragment
[…]
[…] seven […]
[…]
[…] beloved of [El]
[…] his face […]
[…]
1.153 · Ritual Fragment
[…]
[…] [sacrifice]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] [a bull]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.154 · Ritual Fragment
[Only scattered signs survive on this part of the tablet. No translation is possible.]
1.155 · Fragment
[Only scattered signs survive on this part of the tablet. No translation is possible.]
1.156 · Ritual Fragment
[…]
and a peace offering […] Baal
1.157 · Mythological Fragment
[…]
[…] the house […]
[…] beloved […]
[…] and […] El […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] will reign […]
[…] the palm of the king […]
[…]
1.158 · Fragment
[…]
[…]
[…] Shapshu […]
[…]
1.159 · Fragment
[Only scattered signs survive on this part of the tablet. No translation is possible.]
1.160 · Ritual Fragment
[…]
[…] Dagan […]
[…]
1.161 · Funerary Ritual for a King
Order of service for the sacrifice(s) of the divine Winged Disc:
You are invoked, O saviours of the underworld, you are summoned, O assembly of Didan.[145]
Invoked is Ulkan the saviour;
invoked is Taruman the saviour.
Invoked is Sidan-and-Radan;
invoked is the eternal one, Thar.
They have been invoked, the ancient saviours.
You are invoked, O saviours of the underworld, you are summoned, assembly of Didan.
Invoked is Ammithtamru the king
and invoked as well is Niqmad the king.
O throne of Niqmad, may you be mourned![146]
And lamented be his footstool.
Let the table of the king be mourned in his presence.
But let their tears be swallowed, and their dreadful lamentations.
Go down, Shapshu, yes, go down, Great Luminary!
May Shapshu shine upon him,
After your lords, from the throne,
After your lords into the underworld go down:
into the underworld go down and fall into the dust,
down to Sidanu-and-Radanu, down to the eternal one, Thar,
down to the ancient saviours,
down to Ammithtamru the king
lower edge: and also down to Niqmad the king.
One—and make an offering, two—and make an offering,
three—and make an offering, four—and make an offering,
five—and make an offering, six—and make an offering,
seven—and make an offering. You shall present a bird.
Peace! Peace on Ammurapi, and peace on his sons;
peace on his kinsmen, peace on his house;
peace on Ugarit, peace on her gates!
1.162 · Sacrificial Ritual
Sacrifice […]
[…]
Ilib: a bull and a ram
as a burnt offering, and peace offerings:
two bulls [and] two
rams for Ilib;
a ram for […];
a ram for Baal;
[a ram] for Dagan;
[a ram] for Yarih;
[a ram] for […];
for the [helper] gods
of Baal, a ram;
[a ram] for Anat […];
a ram for Amsrt;
for the family of El
and the assembly of Baal,
a cow;
a cow for Sapan;
and two times
and twenty
[…] chariot
[…]
1.163 · Lunar Omens
[If] […], [the livestock] will perish.
[If] [the moon] […] at the new moon, the people
[…] will be beaten down.
[If] [on] the third day the moon […], the kings […]
[If] the moon is seen three times, in a later month
[…] rain will come.
[If] a star falls on the thirtieth day, the king […]
[If] […] three
[…]
If at the new moon […]
and […]
If the moon at its [rising] is red,
there will be prosperity […].
[If] the moon at its rising is pale,
[…] the livestock will perish.
[If] [the moon] [at] its [rising] is red,
[…] and the assembly
[…]
1.164 · Royal Sacrifices to Ilib and El
When the king sacrifices in the chapel
[…] and he puts on his sandals
When the king sacrifices to Ilib
[…], a nose and a neck of silver
and gold, likewise; a bull and a ram
as a burnt offering to Ilib; and as peace offerings
likewise; a ram for El as a burnt offering
and as peace offerings likewise; birds
for Shamnu
And on the next day, in […]
the king [sees] […]
[…] and […]
[…] shekels, five […]
[…] a neck and […]
[…] seven stars
and […] gold
head […] five
ten […]
and do not go out […]
and you are desacralized.
1.165 · Ritual Fragment
[…] Rashap and for […]
and Rashap […]
1.166 · Mythological Fragment
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
before […]
[…]
Dagan, Baal […]
if […]
[…]
to the holy field […]
Rapiu, the noble one, […]
the pleasant and […]
[…]
[…] king […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
goes out […]
[…]
[…]
to the hand of the king […]
[…] goes […]
under his feet […]
and he goes […]
[…] with a snake […]
[…]
1.167 · Fragment
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] on the dust […]
[…]
[…] he lifts […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.168 · Royal Sacrifices to Rashap and Anat
When the king sees Rashap
Hagab: a nose and a neck
of silver and gold, likewise
and […] a ram
[…]
and [peace offerings] […]
[…]
When the king sees Anat
Slh: a nose and a neck of silver
[and] gold, likewise; a bull
and a ram as a burnt offering to Anat;
and as peace offerings
likewise; a ram for Anat
[…]
[…] a ram
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[the king] […]
[…]
[…]
1.169 · Incantation against Tormentors
Cast out the tormentors of the young man. The word drives you out,
Baal drives you out, and you go out at the voice of the offerer,
like smoke from windows, like a snake from pillars,
like mountain goats to the summit, like lions to the lair.
[…] the staff […] your back,
and […] your form. You eat bread
[…], you drink […]
[…] in the shadows, in the sanctuary […]
The sorcerers, the tormentors, Horon drives out,
the companions and […], […] to you.
[…], do not sink, do not stammer
your tongue. Do not […]
El clothes you, El makes you naked.
for man, […] to the earth […]
for humankind, in […]
[…] Lady Athirat […]
[…]
[…] the house I enter, do not enter;
[…] do not turn back the head;
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.170 · Sacrificial Ritual of the Queen
[…] [the sacrifice] of the [queen].
[…] a ram as a burnt offering;
[…] a bull and a ram and a neck
[…] as peace offerings;
[…]
[…] in a bowl.
[…] [a bull] and a ram for Baal as peace offerings;
[…] for Sapan.
1.171 · Royal Sacrificial Ritual
[…] the house of the king […]
[…] a ram as a burnt offering, a bull and a ram as [peace offerings] […]
[…] and a ram for Rashap in the house, [birds] […]
[…] and the king honors […]
[…] as a burnt offering, birds for the people [of the gods].
[…] sixth, the king sits at the [window] […]
[…] on the seventh […]
[…]
1.172 · Fragment
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] the wadis
[…] Baal
[…]
[…] left
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] El
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] a silver arrow in his hand
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] to the wind
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
1.173 · Sacrificial Ritual
[…]
[…] for Baal […]
[…] a bull and [a ram] [for Baal];
[…] a ram; Dagan, a bull and a ram;
[…] and a ram; Baal of Sapan,
[…] Sapan; Pidray,
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] Baal […]
[…]
[…] peace offerings; a ram for Anat;
[…] the king
[…] and all
[…] [thirty] times,
[…] and he gives his garment.
[…] and he is clean.
1.174 · Mythological Fragment
El strides […]
on the earth, [his] feet […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
A woman […]
[…]
[…]
1.175 · Magical Prescription Fragment
[…] fatlings
[…] the gall of an ox […]
[…] and you gather […]
[…] crushed
[…] and put […] tongue
[…] and vinegar and salt
[…]
[…] and between […]
[…] and drink […]
[…]
[…] and the head of a snake
[…]
[…] ox […]
[…] the young man goes
[…]
[…] youth
[…] on the third
1.176 · Incantation Fragment
[…]
blood, tongue […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
there is no sacrifice […]
he prepares […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
El and […]
[…]
[…] the gods […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
the gods, Horon […]
he eats with […]
how to the gods […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
do not […]
[…]
[…]
1.177 · Sacrificial Ritual Fragment
sacrifice […]
seven […]
seven […]
[…]
seven […]
seven […]
[…]
1.179 · Incantation of Horon with Ilimilku Colophon
[…] in the house […]
[…] beneath El […]
[…] and my lips and […]
[…] if he lies down on […]
[…]
[…] your feet […] to the deep
[…] heat in your flesh
[…] star, stars […] star
[…] star of heaven and the deep
[…] [the star] of Baal and Pidray, the star
[…] [Kothar]-wa-Hasis, the star […]
[…] the holy star; he washes
[…] he eats my bread […]
[…]
[…] dew […]
[…] and he took […] of Baal
[…] Baal […] in the river
[…] Athtart […]
[…] in the sea […] Baal
[…] of Baal
[…] Baal
[…] she bore […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] [and he prepares] what is inside it
[…] his house
[…] and he goes around […]
[…] far, stone from stone, and carving from carving
[…] and the word on his lips: far is stone from stone
[…] Horon enters his house, raises his voice and cries […] in the house
[…] room. She answers: […]
[…]
[…] I will surely turn over the garment, and I will turn over the cloak
[…] and he prepares what is inside it, and the goddesses […]
[…] the lamp of El, Shapshu […] Shapshu
[…]
[The scribe Ilimilku the Shu]bbanite, student of Attanu-Purlianni
[…] and the telling of the word
[…] and none teaches him
[…] in the document
1.180 · Hymn to Athtart
Hear, Athtart, the singer's voice
I will sing the name of the Lioness, the name […][147]
[…] of the mountain of El
Leopard […] Athtart
Leopard […] she leaps
2.1 · Letter Fragment
May it be well [with you]. May [the gods]
guard you [and keep you well].
Here [all] […]
And the town […]
they arrive […]
and […]
food and […]
until […] arrives
2.3 · Letter Fragment
[…]
[…] and […]
[…] and all of it
And […] [now] […] for Baal
[…]
in Ugarit. And now […]
And if you say […]
and […]
And I […]
I […]
[…]
And he […]
did not give. And the word […]
and […]
[And] now I, to you,
[…] I will bring you out.
And if you say
then the nobles […]
And also now, since the prefect
and […] with you
[…] my word
[very] […]
[…] you know
[…]
[…] all for him
[…]
2.4 · Letter of the King to the Chief of the Priests
To the chief of the priests
say:
Message of the [king].
May it be well [with you]. May [the gods]
keep [you] well and [guard] you
and strengthen [you]. […] well.
And […] your well-being.
[…] ask
[…] request
[…] [request]
[…] why
[…] the field of Gathru
[…] reached that field.
[…] the field of Gathru.
Now let my brother hear
[…] and […] men
and the gods will put (them) into their hands,
into the hand of Ihqm, Gathru,
and into the hand of Ytrhd
Baal.
2.5 · Letter Fragment
To the head […]
[…]
[…] well […]
[…]
[…]
Baal […]
2.6 · Letter to Pzry and Gpn
Message of […].
To Pzry, [my] father,
and to Gpn [say]:
May it be well with [you].
May the gods [guard you]
[and keep you well].
And […]
And […]
And […] [word]
send [back] […]
2.7 · Letter Fragment
[…]
[…] he takes […]
and […]
[…]
[…]
And you put […]
[…]
And may the king live.
And how is it so? And the servant of the gods […]
you will set him in place.
2.8 · Letter Fragment
[…]
[…] you go out […] blood […]
[…] the cities […] and when I fell […]
[…] your heart […]
[…] justly, that you may give me […]
[…] word, and […]
2.9 · Letter Fragment
[…] like […]
[…] gives […]
[…] you know that […]
[…] and if
[…] and […]
[…] men […]
2.10 · Letter of Iwrdr to Pilsiya
Message of Iwrdr.
To Pilsiya
say:
May it be well with you.
To Trgds
and to Kalbiya:
I have heard of the defeat.
They are defeated. Now
if they have not
been defeated, then send
to me. And the hand[148]
of the gods here is like death,[149]
very strong.
If they have been overcome,
your answer […]
And whatever
word you hear
there, put
in a letter to me.
2.11 · Letter of Talmiyanu and Ahatmilku to Their Mother
To my mother, our lady,
say:
Message of Talmiyanu
and Ahatmilku, your servants.
At the feet of our lady
from afar
we fall. May the gods
guard you
and keep you well.
Here with us
all is very
well.
And I too
am at rest. There
with our lady,
whatever is well,
send word back
to your servants.
2.12 · Letter of Talmiyanu to the Queen
To the queen,
my lady,
say:
Message of Talmiyanu,
your servant.
At the feet
of my lady
seven times
and seven times
from afar
I fall.
With my lady,
whatever is well,
let her send word back
to her servant.
2.13 · Letter of the King to the Queen Mother
To the queen,
my lady, my mother, say:
Message of the king,
your son.
At the feet of my mother
I fall. To my mother
may it be well. May the gods
guard you and keep you well.
Here with me
all is well.
There with my mother,
whatever is well,
send word of it back to me.
[…]
[…] with the queen,
and my word […]
[…]. And the face
of the king shone upon us.
2.14 · Letter to Iwrphn
Message of […].
To Iwrphn,
my son, my brother, say:
May the gods guard you
and keep you well.
As for the tablet,
the letter that I sent
to Tharyelli,
what did you say?
And now let my brother,
my son, ask
Tharyelli, and say
my name to the king
and to […].
And now let my brother,
my son, ask
Tharyelli, and send word
back to your brother,
your lord.
2.15 · Letter of Gnryn to Mlkytn
Gnryn
to Mlkytn.
Put in a good word for me before the king.
your enemy I will hand over.
My companion […] to me.
[…]
Then I, Gnryn, will seize (him)
if Mlkytn speaks.
[…]
and I will seize.
2.16 · Letter of Talmiyanu to His Mother Tharyelli
Message of Talmiyanu.
To Tharyelli, my mother,
say:
May it be well with you. May the gods
of Ugarit guard you
and keep you well, my mother.
Know that I have entered
before the Sun,
and the face of the Sun shone[150]
on me greatly. And let my mother
make Maabu rejoice.
And do not lose heart.
I am the guardian of the army.
With me it is well,
entirely.
And whatever
is well with
my mother,
send back to me
word of it.
2.17 · Letter Fragment
I did not bring the […],
nor their silver
did I bring.
And now I have sent […]
[…]
and I departed […]
with his embassy […].
And my lord the governor knows the matter.
And now my father […]
[…]
[…]
for […]
and […]
[…]
[…]
2.18 · Fragment
[…]
[…]
[…] let him not depart
[…] the lord of the land
[…] and he asks
[…]
2.19 · Deed of Manumission by Niqmaddu for Stqslm
Stqslm shall not be held
to service. As the sun
is free, so
is Stqslm free
from service forever.
Seal of Niqmaddu,
king of Ugarit.
Niqmaddu, king of Ugarit,
wrote this document
of the freeing of Stqslm,
this servant of his.
And no one shall take
this document of the king
from the hand of Stqslm
forever.
2.20 · Letter of the King of Carchemish to the King of Ugarit
[Message of the king] of Carchemish.
[To] […], king of Ugarit, say: May it be well [with you].
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
2.21 · Letter of the King of Amurru to the Queen of Ugarit
[Message] of the king of [Amurru].
[To] the queen of [Ugarit],
[my sister], say:
[May it be well] with you.
May the [gods] keep you well
and [guard] you.
Now Ibrkd,
my merchant, has spoken to the governor of the estate
of the queen of Ugarit.
Thus you said:
How shall I not send
[…] with me?
[All] is well. And why
[…] with you?
[…] my silver,
three hundred, is with you.
And […] to you
and to the kings
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
2.22 · Letter Fragment
[…]
[…] and a bed
[…]
[…] the request of my lady
[…]
[…]
[…] upon me […]
[…]
[…]
2.23 · Letter to the Sun, the Great King
And thus spoke the Sun,
the Great King, my lord: […]
[…] the embassy of his servant[151]
he sends to your lord […]
my embassy with him […]
the embassy of your servant, when it arrives,
the embassy of the Sun, the Great [King],
my [lord] […]
I know […] [the Sun], the Great King,
my [lord] […]
[…] [the Sun], the Great [King],
[…] [my lord].
And I […]
I ask [for life for the] Sun,
the [Great] King, [my lord]. Indeed
I [ask] for life of [soul]
before Baal of Sapan, my lord,
and length of days for my lord,
before Amun and before
the gods of Egypt, who guard
the soul of the Sun, the Great King,
my lord.
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
Also […]
the king […]
[…]
[…]
2.24 · Letter of Illdr to the Queen
To the queen,
my lady, say:
Message of Illdr,
your servant.
At the feet of my [lady]
seven times and seven [times]
from [afar] I [fall].
[Here with me]
[all is well].
[There with] my [lady],
whatever [is well],
[send] word [back to me].
2.25 · Letter to a Lady
[…]
my lady […]
the heart of [your] servant […]
[…]
[…]
seven and a half (shekels) of [silver]
[…]
[…]
2.26 · Letter of the King to Hyil about Timber
Message, word
of the king.
To Hyil:
Why do you send to me?
How shall I supply
wood for the house of Dml?
So I will give
you wood:
four (pieces of) wood
for Ar,
and three
for Ubry,
and two for
Mlk,
and one
for Atlg.
And the wood
you shall count.
Do not […] Nrn;
[…]
sixty (shekels of) silver.
2.27 · Fragment
[…]
[…]
and […]
2.28 · Letter Fragment
[Only scattered signs survive on this part of the tablet. No translation is possible.]
2.29 · Letter Fragment
[Only scattered signs survive on this part of the tablet. No translation is possible.]
2.30 · Letter of the King to the Queen Mother
To the queen, my mother,
say: Message of
the king, your son.
At the feet of my mother
I fall. With my mother
may it be well. May the gods
guard you and keep you well.
Here with me all is well.
And there with my mother,
whatever is well,
send word back to me.
Here with us
the king […]
[…] And now
[…]
And if the Hittite
comes up, I will send
to you. And if
he does not come up, I will surely
send. And you,
my mother, do not be troubled,[152]
and do not let anything
into your heart; do not
put it there.
2.31 · Letter Fragment
[…]
[…] I […]
[…]
[…] house […]
[…] I […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] do not put […]
[…] to my throne and […]
[…] I […]
[…] I lifted […]
[…]
[…] he puts […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] I
[…]
[…]
[…] and present
[…]
[…] chariot
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] the king gave. I […]
[…]
[…] and I said
[…] to Athirat [of the Sea]
[…] tablet […]
[…] I will send to you.
[…]
[…] the mother of the gods
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] and I gathered all of it.
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] and the king […]
[…]
[…] in your house […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] to Athirat […]
[…] my soul […]
[…] I will not give my house to him.
2.32 · Letter Fragment concerning Talents
[…]
[…] with me
[…] a letter. Why did I send
[…] that I ask them
[…] [twenty] talents, three
[…] thirty talents, three
[…] I will give to you
[…] all those matters
[…] and all your price
[…] [what remains] I will give to [you]
[…] thirty talents, three
2.33 · Letter of Irrtrm to the Queen
[To the queen], my lady,
[say]: [Message] of Irrtrm, your servant.
[At the feet] of my lady from afar
[I fall]. With my lady may it be well.
[…] the king […]
[…]
[…] the city which
[…]. Now the king
[…] for his land.
[…] then, look, the enemy who is in […]
[and] the enemy is there. And now I
will [place], I will gather, and I will place
[…] I will guard […]
[And] on the day that the king […]
[…], and I also
[…] to Mount Amanus.
[…] Now the enemy
[…] the king.
[And] my lady should know
and the king too […]
knows that I have taken this.
And the king my lord, why,
why has he stationed here
for his servant two thousand horses?
[…] why
has the king placed them upon me?
And look, the enemies press me hard,
so let me not place my wife
(and) my boy […] before the enemy.
Now if the king,
my lord, says: Let […] reach here
two thousand horses, here,
and the king my lord […] a man
[…] with us […]
my message here
let him send to me, that my lord
and let […] go up here
two thousand horses
here […] and return.
2.34 · Letter of the King to His Mother Tharyelli
Message of the king.
To Tharyelli, my mother, say:
May it be well with you. May the gods
guard you and keep you well.
As for the letter of greeting that you sent,
my mother, to me: here with me
all is well. There
with my mother, whatever is well,
send word back to me.
And know that I
[…] know
that […]
with the Sun […]
we will send […]
I […]
there with […]
And […]
[…] hundred
[…] hundred
[…] I will ask
with you. He will bring […]
I know, know that
[…]
Look, the wine that you put
I will bring out […]
2.35 · Letter Fragment
[…] lord […]
[…] Message
[…] your servant
[…] my lord
[…] keep you well.
[…] send back to me
[…] great
[…] king
[…] and now
[…] to you
[…] a man
[…] to you and to all
[…] [my lord], I will say
[…] [the king] of Ugarit
[…] a man
[…] and my lord
2.36 · Letter of Puduhepa to Niqmaddu
[Message] of Puduhepa, the queen […]
[To] Niqmaddu say: Here, [with] the Sun
and with the queen, all [is well].
And the well-being of your land and of those with you.
When you sent to the house of the king your message, here,
[gold], my tribute, I have given to the Sun […]
[And] you: the [new] garment that you placed in [your message]
[…] arrival, and the king […]
[…] with you, near […]
[…] and you with me to come […]
[And] your message to me […]
[…] as you set for me, now here the gold […]
[…] you have given to me, to the Sun I have given
[…] word. When you sent to the house of the king,
[…] the paths of Egypt […]
the paths of Egypt in the land of Ugarit,
the [land] of Qt and in the land of Ngt […]
[…] the lands […] the valley
[and] the land of Ugarit […]. Now
[…] word, here […]
[…] the king of [Carchemish] […]
[…]
2.37 · Letter Fragment concerning Tribute
[…]
[…] [tribute] […]
[…]
[…]
[…] you placed […]
[…] good and […]
[…]
[…] [tribute] which […]
[…]
[…] [tribute] […]
[…] and […]
[…] with the [king] […]
[…]
2.38 · Letter of the King of Tyre to the King of Ugarit
To the king of Ugarit,
my brother, say:
Message of the king of Tyre, your brother.
May it be well with you. May the gods
guard you and keep you well.
Here with me
all is well. There
with you, whatever is well,
send word back.
Your ships that
you sent to Egypt
here in Tyre
were wrecked […]
a heavy rain […]
[…] and
the chief of the crew
took all the grain
from them. But I
all their grain,
every person,
and their food, from the hand of
the chief of the crew I took,
and I gave them back to them.
And your ships are moored
at Akko, stripped.
So my brother: anything
let him not set it in his heart.
2.39 · Letter of the Hittite King to Ammurapi
Message of the Sun.
To Ammurapi say:
With the Sun everything is very
well.
To the f[eet] of the [l]ord, the Sun,
[his] lo[rd], his [ser]vant […]
for he is [a servant], his treasured possession,[153]
and [his master] […]
and […] my lord shall not lack.
And [you], you surely [k]now:
now […] to the Sun, your lord,
[a ser]vant, his treasured possession, are you.[154]
Now […] the Sun, your lord,
you surely know it.
To me, the Sun, your lord,
for a year, two years, why have you not come?
And as for the tablet about food that
you sent to the Sun,
your lord: that food
in your land there is none,
the Sun […]
If I go […]
I have given […]
two […]
and […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
with […]
food […]
[…]
And the letter […] [to] me
[…]
wherever there is any, seek it out
and give it to me.
2.40 · Letter of Tiptibaal to the King
To the king, my lord,
say:
Message of Tiptibaal,
your [ser]vant.
[At] the feet of my lord
[seven] times, seven times
from afar
I fall.
Your servant in
Lawasanda
kept watch
with the king.
And now
the king […]
has fled, and there
he will sacrifice
[…] with the Sun.
And the king, my lord,
should know.
2.41 · Letter to a Brother
May [it be well with you. May the gods]
gu[ard you and keep] you [well].
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
and […]
[…] very
[…]
[…]
See, your servant […]
asks of me.
Whatever you request,
whatever you lack, I
will give to my brother.
And I too, whatever
I lack, my brother
will load it up for me there.
And let my brother not […] me.
2.42 · Letter of a Commander to the King
To the king, [my] l[ord],
say:
Message of the commander of a hund[red], [your servant].
At the feet of my lord [from afar]
seven times and seven times [I fall].
I have spoken to Baal of Sapa[n],
to eternal Shapshu, to Athtart,
to Anat, to all the gods of Alashiya […]
Nmry, the eternal king,
the king, my lord, […]
[…] and with [my] lo[rd]
[…] I have sent
and […] my lord […]
and […]
[…]
he puts […]
the city of the ki[ng] […]
and upon […]
with them. And […]
I give silver […]
I will send […]
Now […]
And the king asks about this […]
them. And the ships […]
[…] merchant […], and I said:
The king seeks the ships, and you
and the merchants. And the king, send to […]
2.43 · Letter Fragment
[…]
[…]
[…] [the king] […]
[…]
2.44 · Letter of the King of Byblos to the King of Ugarit
To the king of Ugarit,
my brother, say:
Message of the king of [Byblos], your brother.
May it be well with you. May the gods
guard you and keep you well.
[…] Shapshu
[…]
And Baal of Byblos
and Kothar and Shapshu,
they, Baal of Sapan,
[…]
[…]
[…] send […]
[…]
[…] and […]
[…] Baal
[…] Pls
[…]
[…] the king
[…]
[…]
2.45 · Letter to a Lord about Horses and Oxen
[…]
[…]
[…]
which […]
[…]
this […]
[…]
[…]
Message of […].
At the feet of my lord from [afar]
I fall.
[…] of the king that he gave
[…] Abdiyarihu to the king
I said, and he took
[…]
And the king, fine horses
he gave to Abdiyarihu.
And the king […] horses,
fine ones, sixty for you. And you,
seek, and he will give them to you.
And the tablet about the plowing oxen,
as you told me […]:
I asked you for oxen. And to me,
what man who […] with [you]
for the oxen and for […]
And no man […]
And as you [say] […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
2.46 · Letter of Pgn to the King of Ugarit
Message of Pgn.
To the king of Ugarit
say:
May it be well with you. May the gods
guard you and keep you well.
Here with me it is well.
There with my son,
whatever is well, send word back.
Since my son sent
a tablet about food to me,
[…] and […]
and my son […]
will provide ships
[…]
and food […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
and give […]
[…]
[…]
2.47 I · Letter of Ydn to the King
Message of Ydn to the king,
his lord. Guard your land,
and as for ships, prepare them:
a hundred and fifty ships
prepare […]
and […] and […]
and […] four [hundred]
and the king […]
[…] in the land […]
[…] [Shapshu] […]
2.47 II · Letter of Ydn to the King
And the king who rules
in the land, the family
of Ydn, the king's servant,
who was set over his guard:
do not strike the family.
[…]
[…]
your guard […]
days and […]
Pgn […]
and […]
and day by day […]
do not
2.48 · Letter Fragment
[…]
[…] [ten] days […]
[…] if […]
[…] Egypt […]
[…]
[…] I […]
[…]
[…] the king […]
[…]
2.49 · Letter of a King to a King
Message of the king […]
To the king […]
[say:]
Now […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] silver with […]
they fought, and […]
I have heard […]
[…] city […]
[…]
and also […]
my lord […]
[…]
2.50 · Letter of a Servant to His Lord
[guard you and keep you well.]
[At the feet of my lord] seven [times]
[and seven times] from afar
[I fall. With you,] whatever
[is well, send word] back.
[To …] your [servant]
[…] with […]
[…] pleasant
[…] and […]
[…] ask about the well-being […]
[…] I
[…]
[…]
[…] that is great
[…] with you
[…] and […]
[…] good, your garment
[…]
[…]
[…] you sent to me
[…] I am a servant
[…]
2.51 · Letter Fragment
[At] the feet of [my lord seven times]
and seven times [from afar I fall.]
With you […] well […]
[…]
2.52 · Letter Fragment
[…] may it be well […]
[…]
[At the feet of …] from [afar]
[I fall] […]
2.53 · Letter Fragment
[Only scattered signs survive on this part of the tablet. No translation is possible.]
2.54 · Letter Fragment
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] the governor
[…]
[…]
[…]
2.55 · Letter to a Lord
[…]
[…]
[To] my lord
[say:]
[…]
[…]
2.56 · Letter to the Queen
[To] my [lady]
[say:]
[…]
[…] [here]
[with me all] is very well.
[There with you, whatever is] well,
2.57 · Letter Fragment
[…]
[…] servant
[…]
[…] king […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[word] he will send back […]
and […]
2.58 · Letter Fragment
[…]
[…] send [word] back […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
2.59 · Letter Fragment
[…] Ugarit
[…] and […]
2.60 · Letter Fragment
[…]
with me […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
2.61 · Letter to Grdn on the Ruin of a Town
To Grdn,
my lord, say:
The son of Hrn, when
he arrived […]
he struck,
the troops and […]
the town.
The grain on the threshing floors[155]
he burned;
the vineyards too[156]
he destroyed.
Our town is destroyed.
So know it, know it.
2.62 · Letter Fragment
[…]
[…]
personnel […]
and in Glb
[…] and
[…]
[…]
I took
[…] with the king.
He will bring them, and […]
and […] with him.
A letter […]
and with […]
he will take […]
and […]
2.63 · Letter of Wrbl to the King
To [the king], my [lord],
say:
Message of Wrbl, your [servant].
May it be well with you.
May the gods guard you
and keep you well.
Why have you not sent
to ask after my well-being
[…]
[…] not sent
I […]
to ask […]
[Why have you] not [sent]
you, with [me]
and […]
[…]
2.64 · Letters of Talmiyanu and Abdilt to Ybnn
To Ybnn,
my father,
say:
Message of Talmiyanu,
your son.
At the [feet of my father]
[I fall.]
[…]
To Ybnn,
my lord, say:
Message of Abdilt,
your servant.
At the feet of my lord
twice seven times
from afar
I fall. With
my lord, whatever
is well,
[send] word [back]
[to] your servant.
2.65 · Letter Fragment
[…] here
with us it is well.
There with you,
whatever is well,
send word back to [me].
2.66 · Fragment
[…]
[…] garment […]
[…]
[…] people […]
2.67 · Letter of the Crown Prince to Grgs
Message of the crown prince.
[To] Grgs, my servant, [say:]
May it be well with you.
Here, my brother […]
2.68 · Letter of Urgttb to the Queen
To the queen, my lady,
say:
Message of Urgttb, your servant.
At the feet of my lady
from afar
seven times and seven times
I fall.
My lady, may it be well.
May the gods guard you
[and keep] you [well].
[Here]
[with me] all
is [very] well.
There with
my lady, whatever
is well, send word
back to your servant.
2.69 · Letter Fragment
[…]
[…] king […]
and he gave […]
king […]
[…]
from afar […]
to them.
2.70 · Letter of Pnht and Yrmhd to Ydrm
To Ydrm, our lord,
say:
Message of Pnht
and Yrmhd,
your servants. May it be well
with our lord. May the gods
guard you and keep you well.
At the feet of our lord
twice seven times
from afar we fall.
Here, Bn Yn
keeps questioning your maidservant,
So send him a message, and […]
And I […]
took, and […]
[…] And why has
Bn Yn returned
and taken two shekels
of silver from your maidservant?
And two of your servants
are there with you,
so give them food.
And when you ask after
your servant's house,
and when
your servant arrives safely
with you, then […]
a cloak for my lord,
whatever your servant has.
2.71 · Letter of Talmiyanu to Pzy
Message of Talmiyanu.
To Pzy say:
May it be well with you.
May the gods keep you well
and guard you. Here
with me it is well.
There with you,
send word back to me.
[…] you will hear
[…] he will ask
[…]
[…]
Now you, as for
the matter […]
do not take it to heart
until I arrive
in the city […]
[…] of food
give to the merchant.
2.72 · Letter of the King to the Queen Mother
[To the queen my mother]
[say:]
[Message of] the king, [your son.]
At the feet of my mother [I fall.]
With my mother may it be well. [May the gods]
guard you and keep you well.
Here with me all is well.
There with you, whatever
is well, send word back to me.
Why did you send this soldier?
then […] of the king
[…]
[…]
[…] of the king
And you send two […]
to me, and you break my heart.
And the tablet of the daughter of the king of Amurru,
when my mother speaks
before the city
if now […]
[…]
the city, then what
I have sent the tablet
of the daughter of the king of Amurru.
Ybnn went
to the king of Amurru
and he brought a hundred
of gold and […]
for the king of Amurru. And he took
oil in his horn
and poured it on the head[157]
of the daughter of the king of Amurru.
Whatever […]
that my mother […]
[…]
[…]
[…] you know […]
[…] your enemy, and I
[…]
2.73 · Letter Fragment
[…] in the land […]
[…] you send. Now in […]
[…] the land […]
[…] and in the land […]
and […] the land […]
And the tablet […] that [you] sent […] the king […]
Here, why […]
and […] in my house there is not […]
[…] and now the king […]
[…]
And you, a tablet […]
and […] said to Agzr […]
So you, then, will find […]
which the queen sends […]
and also […]
and […]
[…] there is […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
2.74 · Fragment
[Only scattered signs survive on this part of the tablet. No translation is possible.]
2.75 · Letter to the King
To the k[ing] […]
say:
Message of […],
your servant. May it be well
with the king my lord.
May the gods guard you and keep you well.
And […]
with […] of Carchemish.
And I am sending
with a message
to you.
[…]
2.76 · Letter of Ammurapi to the Sun, the Great King
[To the Sun], the great [king], the king of [kings],
[my lord,] say: Message of Ammurapi, [your servant].
[…] has arrived […] a messenger […]
[the Sun], the great king, my lord, to [me] […]
[And] now I, your servant, greatly […]
[…] my lord, good […]
[…] the Sun, my lord, sent […]
[the Sun], the great king, my lord […]
[To the] great [king], the king of [kings], [lord]
[of all the] land, the king of [kings, my lord],
[say]: Message of Ammurapi, [your servant].
[…] servant […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
2.77 · Letter Fragment
[…]
[with] the king […]
two hundred [shekels] […]
your message […]
And the king [my] lord […]
what was said to me […]
[…] here […]
a man […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
with […]
[…]
[…]
2.78 · Letter of the Great King to Ammurapi
Message of the S[un, the king],
the great. To A[mmurapi]
say:
Here [with the Sun, the king],
the great, a[ll is well.]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
2.79 · Letter Fragment
[…] this, with […]
[…] Here
[…] and I will give you
[…] and do not delay them
[…] to you through
[…] weight
[…] in all
[…] fine, a garment […], fine linen,
[…] plated with gold, very fine.
2.80 · Letter Fragment
[…]
there […]
under […]
five hundred […]
thirty […]
and […]
and […]
and five […]
you […]
[…] came […]
and […]
[…]
2.81 · Letter to the King of Egypt
[To the Sun], the great king, the king of Egypt,
[the good king], the just king,[158]
[the king of kings], lord of all the land
of [Egypt], say: Message of
[Ammithtamru], your servant. At the feet
[of my lord I fall]. With my lord may it be well,
[with your house], with your people, with your land,
[with your horses], with your chariots,
[with your troops], with all that belongs
[to the Sun], the great king, the king of [Egypt],
[the good king], the [just] king, [the king]
[of kings] […]
[…]
[…]
[…] grain […]
[…] the Sun, the great king […]
[…] this message […] grain
[…] the land of Ugarit, and also
[…] with the Sun, the great king, the king of Egypt,
[the good king], the just king, the king of kings,
[…] your lord is good. And now
[…] great, my lord, good […]
[…] grain for me.
[…] my lord, good. Here is silver that […]
[…] before […] two thousand by its weight
[…] he asks […]
[…] Ugaritians […]
[…] he who is of the Ugaritians
[…] good is he, and also he
[…] and the Sun, the great king, the king
[of the land of Egypt], the good king, the just king.
2.82 · Letter to the Queen Mother
To the queen, my mother,
my lady: at your feet
I fall. When you sent
[…] escaped,
Abdimilku […]
and the heart of your son
[…]
And I, for six days
[…]
And if not,
Abdimilku
escaped […]
and […]
[…]
[…]
his son […]
[…] alive.
Abdimilku, if
he dies,
then […]
I.
2.83 · Letter Fragment
[…]
[…] here […]
[…] in the hand of […]
[…] your message […]
[…] my lady […]
[…] he gave […]
[…] word […]
[…]
[…] plated with [gold]
[…]
[…]
[…]
2.84 · Letter Fragment
Message of […].
To […]
[say]:
Why […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
And also I will give
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
When […] came
[…] with you
Why […]
Now my oxen […]
[…] and […]
your maidservant […]
[…] ox […]
which […]
[…]
[…]
2.85 · Double Letter of Zilt to Urtenu and Bdmr
[To] Urtenu,
[my] father, say,
and to Bdmr, my mother,
say: Message of Zilt,
your son.
May it be well with you.
May the gods, for well-being,
guard you and keep you well.
Here with us
it is well. And there,
whatever is well,
send word back
to me.
[…] your heart
[…]
and […] I
[…]
[…]
[…] good […]
and my craftsmen […]
he gave, and I […]
the month […]
Message of Zilt.
To Aby, my sister,
say:
May it be well with you. May the gods
keep you well and guard you.
[…]
[…] with us
[…]
[…]
[send word] back
[…] I
[…] which is lacking […]
[…] until […]
[…] and […]
[…] there is […] in his hand […]
2.86 · Letter of Anntn to Hdmrt
To Hdmrt,
my lord, say:
Message of Anntn,
your servant. May the gods
guard you and keep you well.
At the feet of my lord
seven times and seven times
from afar
I fall. Here,
with your servant,
all is very well.
And my lord:
his well-being,
and the well-being
of Nkly,
and the well-being
of his house, and the well-being
[…] your word
[…] you are to send back
to your servant.
And my lord, the house
of his servant must not
[…]
by his hand.
2.87 · Letter of Abny to Urtenu
Message of Abny.
To […] Urtenu,
my brother, say: Here,
through Bnil I have given
[…] and three
[…] of salt, and four […]
And your sister's heart is sick,
because […], and I did not ask,
or because […] there is no one who asked […]
and slaughter an ox […]
and there is no one who gives to me.
By your life and by my life,
there is no one who gives to [me],
and my heart is sick
[…] very much.
[…]
[…]
and a tablet, a garment and […]
[…] purple wool […]
with them. And if […]
purple wool […] with them
and Bnil drove out
and took […]
And whatever word there is, send back
through Bnil […]
And you know your sister's heart,
that it is sick. If […], then I will give
two new garments.
[…] which […] to me, they did not give
[…]
Here is the silver that you gave me.
[…] your soul
And your messenger, why […]
to me? […] my heart, that it is sick.
2.88 · Letters of the Queen and Ilimilku to Urtenu
Message of the queen.
To Urtenu say:
Here I am, on the day
that I gave the letter,
this one, to you. And on the day
[…] I was in Mlwm.
I spent the night, and the next day […]
Adnyh on the third (day),
Snghr on the fourth,
Ungh. So know (this).
And you, […]
[…] for your name.
And […] servants […]
and if […] arrives […]
his request […]
and inside […] one
that […]
where there are [rooms]
and […]
washbasins in it.
And you, from your mouth let nothing
go out from you until [I] arrive.
And I will send to Ugarit,
and I have heard that […] you entered
[…] I myself will send
and […] to him and […]
and […]
If you have not entered […] you have not entered,
to me the king […] send,
and your head will be lost.
Message of Ilimilku […].
To Urtenu, my brother, say:
May it be well with you. When you sent
to me that […] quickly send,
now I spoke
before the queen; I sent.
And you, seize a house for me,
and know that the queen too has gone out.
And you, from your mouth let nothing go out
[…] Ugarit.
2.89 · Letter of the Governor to the Queen
To the queen, my lady, say:
Message of the governor, your servant.
At the feet of my lady I fall.
May it be well with my lady.
Here, with me, in the house,
the king's house, all
is well. There,
with my lady, whatever is well,
send word back
to her servant.
And here are twenty
[measures] of barley,
and five measures of […]
[…] and five
[…]
a jar of myrrh oil,
a jar of lamp oil,
a jar of vinegar,
a jar of olives,
which are my lady's provisions.
I have sent all of them.
2.90 · Letter of the Queen to Yrmhd
[Message] of the queen.
To Yrmhd,
my brother, say:
As for the tablet: your man
whom I took […]
and I […] his wife
I gave to you.
And now, that man
in my estate […]
And now, that man
with his wife
[…] return.
And you,
your guard is to seize
that man,
and send him
by my messenger.
And if he does not go,
then I will send
to the king.
And I have sent to you.
And you, by
my [messenger] to me
send him.
2.91 · Letter Fragment
All of them on the day […]
and […] on the road,
and the oxen are harmed,
twenty trained ones
that are in my charge, and all of them are harmed,
harmed.
And it is good that
my lord knows the word,
this matter.
And my lord […]
[…]
2.92 · Letter Fragment
[…] say […]
[…] and […]
2.93 · Letter Fragment
[…]
[…]
[…] lady […]
[…]
[…]
2.94 · Fragment
[Only scattered signs survive on this part of the tablet. No translation is possible.]
2.95 · Fragment
[Only scattered signs survive on this part of the tablet. No translation is possible.]
2.96 · Fragment
[Only scattered signs survive on this part of the tablet. No translation is possible.]
2.97 · Letter of Uzzinu to the King
To the king, my lord,
say: Message of
Uzzinu, your servant.
At the feet of my lord
twice seven times
from afar I fall.
May it be well with my lord.
[…]
When […] returned and […]
the priests before him
and his well-being
[…] and […]
to me his arrival […]
And there is […]
his well-being there.
And I […]
arrived, and Uryn
departed […]
And I […]
[…]
will arrive […]
2.98 · Letter to the King about Troops and Donkeys
[…] say:
[…]
[…] went
[…] to Anzh
[…] your servant.
I gave donkeys,
I gave troops with him.
So let the Sun, the Great King,
my lord, […]
Also, that […]
war in the land of your servant.
And I will give the troops that are with him.
And to the Sun, the Great King,
my lord, twice, three times [I sent],
but you did not send to […]
watch […]
I sent […]
with your servant […]
the troops and [the donkeys]
went to Anzh.
And the Sun, the Great King,
my lord, knows that
[…]
the Apiru are with him
and he ravages the land
of your servant. Now I,
your servant, […] men
also […] in the land of your servant.
[…]
[…] and a letter
[…] the troops […]
[…] and the Sun,
[the Great King], my lord, knows
[…] and below, that there is […]
[…] to your servant, and I ask
[…] guard the land […]
2.99 · Letter of the Queen to Urtenu
Message of the queen.
To Urtenu
say:
Here, Kalbiya
and Gtn are coming
to you.
[…]
[…] two hundred of gold
[…] a thousand of red wool
[…] [a thousand] of blue wool, and he will bring (it) to me.
[…] you gave
[…] hundred
[…] take
[…]
[oil] of myrrh
[…]
[oil] for a lamp,
a jar of […]
a jar of vinegar and honey.
And to Gtn
and to Kalbiya
[…] give to them
[…] silver […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] a donkey […]
[…] a garment […]
[…]
2.100 · Letter to the Queen, the Sender's Mother
To the queen, [my mother],
say:
Message of […].
At the feet [of my mother I fall].
May it be well with [my mother].
May the gods [guard you]
and [keep you well].
Here [with me]
it is well. [There]
with [my mother, whatever]
is well, [send word]
[back].
[…]
a letter […]
my mother […]
and [a letter] […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
and […]
[…]
[…]
with […]
and […]
[…]
and […]
[…]
2.101 · Letter of the Governor to the Queen
To the queen […],
my lady, [say]:
Message of the governor […].
May it be well with my lady.
And at the feet of [my lady]
[…]
[…]
and […]
and […]
[…]
and a donkey […]
seed […]
your answer […]
and your answer […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
2.102 · Letter of the King to the Governor
Message of the king […].
To the governor [say]:
Because […] sent […]
and […]
servant […]
2.103 · Letter to a Brother
Message […].
To Ur[…]
[…]
[say]:
[…]
[…]
[…]
And to my brother […]
[…]
[…] that […]
[…]
[…] my heart, and a letter
[…] with the letter
[…] that I
[At] the feet of my brother I fall.
May the gods guard
and keep you well. A letter
that […]
and […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
And […]
and with […]
[…]
and the heart of your sister greatly […]
Then Bnil […]
[…] and he took […]
2.104 · Letter of Tty to Urtenu
To Urtenu, my brother,
say: Message of
Tty, your sister.
May the gods keep you well
and guard you.
For three days there has been no food.
[…]
[…]
the house of the king. And now […]
he brings, and he asks.
[…] he brings a letter. Here is oil,
[…] aromatics and wood
[…] for him.
2.105 · Letter of Agltb
[Message] of Agltb.
[To] […], my brother, say:
[May it be well] with you.
[May the gods] guard you
[and keep] you well.
2.107 · Letter Fragment
[…]
[…]
[…] and [give] this
[…] I will set
[…] word
[…] there are men
[…] the towns […]
[…] put them in a letter
[…] with you
[…] your heart
[…] silver
[…] Grgs
[…]
[…]
[…] drove them out
[…] them with you
[…] with me
[…]
[…] whatever word
[…] you hear
[…] your message
[…] let nothing escape.
2.108 · Letter Requesting a List of Men
[…] apprentices
and not one is […]
And I do not
know all the men
who are […] there.
Now you: all the men
who are […] there,
put them in a letter
and send this
to me. And I
will know what […]
to them, and […]
So whatever it is,
put it in a letter.
2.109 · Letter Fragment
Message of […].
To […]
[say]:
[…]
[…]
a cloak […]
and […]
give into the hand of Ysn.
2.110 · Letter Fragment
To […]
[…]
[…]
the maryannu […]
[…]
which […]
very much, and […]
[…]
2.111 · Letter Fragment
[…]
and […]
which I ask […]
and a word […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
and […]
whatever […]
I […]
2.112 · Letter Fragment
there is no […]
[…]
I […]
[…]
[…]
and […]
and […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
2.113 · Letter Fragment
[…] to him
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…] my lord
[…]
[…] this
[…]