NORTHWEST SEMITIC EPIGRAPHY:
Director of Ugarit Antiquities : The Ugaritic language deserves the International Linguistic Medal (Rawaa Ghanam, Syria Times). I think Dr. Al-Kayem's point was rhetorical. But if there is an International Linguistic Medal, I would be happy to have it go to Ugaritic.
The scholar named in the article as "Charles de Ferriol" should be "Charles Virolleaud."
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