Ugarit

American  

[oo-guh-reet, yoo-] / ˌu gəˈrit, ˌyu- /

noun

1. an ancient city in Syria, N of Latakia, on the site of modern Ras Shamra: destroyed by an earthquake early in the 13th century b.c.; excavations have yielded tablets written in cuneiform and hieroglyphic script that reveal important information on Canaanite mythology.

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Example Sentences

The words of Hittites on the tablets found at Hattuša in central Turkey and the phrases inscribed on clay tablets at Ugarit in northern Syria have been deciphered.

From The Guardian • Jun. 20, 2015

For accuracy, he thinks future translators and historians must rely far more on Ebla and Ugarit, and less on the back ground from Egypt and Mesopotamia.

From Time Magazine Archive

He contends that Eblaite is more directly tied to Hebrew than to Ugaritic, although Ebla was closer to Ugarit in both geography and chronology.

From Time Magazine Archive

A neighbor of ancient Israel, Ugarit had a language closely allied to Hebrew, and an elaborate, sophisticated pagan religion to which references are found in many passages of the Old Testament.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ugarit must thus have been the most northerly of the Egyptian possessions in Asia, and therefore not far from the site of the modern Alexandretta.

From The Tell El Amarna Period by Hutchison, J. (Jane)