Wilfred H.     AOAT 324
van Soldt
   ISBN 3-934628-64-8
The Topography    vi + 253 pp.
of the City-State of Ugarit    64,- EUR

W.H. van Soldt provides the reader with a careful and detailed study on cities and villages within the kingdom of Ugarit based on the complete textual evidence written either in the syllabic or the alphabetic script. He attempts to evaluate the relative size and location of the cities and villages and to reconstruct the administrative districts. Chapters devoted to etymology, spelling and grammar of the toponyms  and extensive indices enable scholars to use the volume as a manual of Ugaritic toponyms as well.

I Introduction     1
II The Spelling of the Toponyms     5
III The Borders of Ugarit   51
IV Groups of Towns and their Locations   72
V Town Sizes 116
VI Districts 135
VII Ugaritic Toponyms in Foreign Texts 146
VIII The Case Endings and the Grammatical Suffixes of the Toponyms 160
IX Etymologies 168
X Conclusions 189
Abbreviations 192
Bibliography 194
Indices 206

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