What better way to start the week than with a #birthday #surprise for one of our authors? Many #happyreturns to Steve A. Wiggins whose book, "A Reassessment of Asherah", has just been released as a paperback. Find out more www.gorgiaspress.com/a-reassessme... #asherah #ugaritic
#Choron & The Mother-of-Mares
Language: #Ugaritic
Origin: #Ugarit, Syria (Rash Shamra)
Date: Circa 1400 B.C.E.
Catalog: CAT/KTU 1.24 = RS 5.194
#AncientLevant #AncientNearEast #AncientReligions
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Could the "enigmatic zigzag symbols" at the end of this abecedary be related to #Ugaritic s̀? Also at the end of the alphabet, also zigzaggy.
There's some insight into my domestic life here (though not so much the Middle Egyptian bit). #latin #greek #sumerian #biblicalhebrew #aramaic #ugaritic #celtiberian #etcetera #lifewithjosephine
Gingerbread inscribed with #Ugaritic deeply pre-biblical prayer (shortened so that it would fit on these small tablets)
šlm il, il ħš, il add.
Peace, El! El, hasten! El, save!
I know that there are #Ugaritic people who follow me. Would anybody be willing to look over an attempted translation of Ḥad Gadya I made a while back? Below I'll include the first and last stanza
I was putting together gods or war from Wikipedia, and I don't think Yahweh should've been here 😭.
#Mythology #Christianity #Norse #Greek #Irish #Egyptian #Aztec #Roman #Hindu #Chinese #Slavic #Filipino #Ugaritic #Berber #Tibetan #Etruscan #Japanese #Tamil
Our team was unable to find enough historical evidence on what #Ugaritic speakers/writers wore and thus were not able to visually portray them
If anyone has any idea what they might look like, please reply or DM with visuals for references to draw portraits
#archaeology
#history
#help
#fashion
Example of #Ugaritic writing
Source:
Anonymous. (15–13 c. BCE). Baal Cycle. Louvre Museum, Paris, France. Retrieved June 20, 2023, from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:P1...
#history #archaeology🏺 #matuww #epigraphy
#Ugaritic is thought to represent #Proto-Sinaitic with the forms of #cuneiform with clay. and stylus, which was popular in the Fertile Crescent when it was in use.
Full page: matuww.github.io/script_info/...
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#art
#matuww
A pile of linguistics books.
A pile of linguistics books.
Clubbing? Nah. I prefer an inebriated linguistics evening 🤓
#linguistics #language #semitic #berber #hebrew #afroasiatic #langsky #tamazight #numidian #phoenician #punic #ugaritic #amorite #canaanite #mesopotamia #NorthAfrica
