A Primer on Ugaritic: Language, Culture, and Literature - enenuru

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Ugaritic <strong>Primer</strong>
written by two persons. After stating that both of the writers are
“very well,” one of them apparently appends the message, “and too
Iamrested.” The repetitive nature of several parts of this text are
somewhat surprising in the context of such a brief letter. Not all
that much is said, but what the dual authors do say, they say in
paired expressions.
Line 14a
The verb nh˙t (compare with the Akkadian na®h˙u (Ass, nuaœh˙u)
and Hebrew jwn) isanother weak verb, like qlny above. In this
instance, however, Amarna provides some contemporary evidence
of a theme vowel /u/. Thus, we understand this form to be G suff
1cs /nu®h˙tu/.
2.11:14b–16
tmny {m }adtny mnm.sûlm
/tammaniyaœ {imma }adaœttiniyaœ mˆänuma sûulmu/
“There, with our Lady, how is (your) welfare?”
With lines 14b—16 an adverb of place signals the shift again from
the situation of the writers to the circumstances of the recipient.
The writers direct the recipient to inform them of her situation.
Again, the noun form /sûulmu/ is used with the interrogative to form
the question.
2.11:17–18
rgm.ttb l.{bdk
/rigma tatˆäbˆä le{abdeœki/
“A word return to your two servants.”
Line 17
With the final two lines of the letter, 17–18, the two writers
come to their concern. They desire a response from the Lady
regarding her state of affairs.
The phrase rgm.ttb resembles the Akkadian awaœtam/teœmam
turru(m) and Hebrew rDb;d byIvEh, “give an answer.” All of these