Download or read book Ugaritic Narrative Poetry written by Mark S. Smith and published by Writings from the Ancient Worl. This book was released on 1997 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English translations of three major narrative poems and ten shorter texts written in the 14th and 13th centuries B.C.E. in what is now Syria and Lebanon, where they were discovered on tablets in the second quarter of the 20th century. Parallel columns match transliteration of the original cuneiform with line-by-line translation. The texts are supported by introductions, textual (rather than historical or literary) annotations, and a glossary mostly of place and personal names without pronunciation guides. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR