CLAS 2P34 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-25: Great Hypostyle Hall, Hypostyle, Ugarit
5 May 2016
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The higher ground in the north-east of the tell has been labeled the acropolis. Here lie the main religious buildings of ugarit: the temples of the main city gods, baal and his father, dagan, and the house of the chief priest. The plans of the two temples are simple, consisting of two rooms, a pronaos or antechamber leading to a naos, or sanctuary. The temple of baal was in a precinct surrounded by a wall and contained an altar in the court in front of the temple building. The nearby house of the chief priest, large, with two storeys, yielded tablets with important religious texts. Also discovered were tablets showing writing exercises and bilingual lexicons, indicating scribes were trained in this building. The mortuary temple of the female new kingdom pharaoh hatshepsut was constructed against the cliffs on the west bank of the nile.
