Caroline Sauvage, Christine Lorre, À la découverte du royaume d'Ougarit (Syrie du IIe millénaire): les fouilles de C.F.A. Schaeffer à Minet el-Beida et Ras Shamra (1929-1937). Contributions to the archaeology of Egypt, Nubia and the Levant, 7; Denkschriften der Gesamtakademie, 89. Vienna: Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2023. Pp. 472. ISBN 9783700179986Review by
Mark S. Smith, Princeton Theological Seminary. mark.s.smith@ptsem.edu... Thanks to this volume, students of ancient Ugarit now enjoy yet another important resource for understanding different dimensions of its culture. Often noting information lacking in or missing from Schaeffer’s records, the editors and authors are to be applauded for their wonderful excavations of his excavation materials housed in the MAN.
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