Ugarit

Also known as Ras Shamra

Ugarit (; , ủgrt /ʾUgarītu/) was an ancient Levantine coastal city located in what is today northern Syria. The site, with its corpus of ancient cuneiform texts, was discovered in 1928. The texts were written in a previously unknown Northwest Semitic tongue—the Ugaritic language. Archaeological excavations of Ugarit show evidence of occupation since the 8th millennium BC. Research has focused on the late Bronze Age levels; relatively little is known about earlier occupation. The ongoing archaeological investigation of Ugarit has proven to be invaluable to the study of the Bronze Age in the eas

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Ugarit was an ancient coastal city in what is now northern Syria that was discovered in 1928 and found to contain thousands of cuneiform texts written in a previously unknown language called Ugaritic. The site's archaeological remains, particularly from the late Bronze Age, have provided invaluable insights into Bronze Age civilization in the eastern Mediterranean region.

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Ancient site.name: Ugarit
Ancient site.native_name: 𐎜𐎂𐎗𐎚
Ancient site.alternate_name: Raʾs Shamrā ()
Ancient site.map_type: Syria
Ancient site.relief: yes
Ancient site.location: Latakia Governorate, Syria
Ancient site.region: Fertile Crescent
Ancient site.type: Settlement
Ancient site.built: c. 7000 BC
Ancient site.abandoned: c. 1185 BC
Ancient site.epochs: Neolithic, Late Bronze Age
Ancient site.event: Bronze Age Collapse
Ancient site.excavations: 1928–1939, 1950–2008
Ancient site.archaeologists: Claude Schaeffer, Henri de Contenson, Jean Margueron, Marguerite Yon, Yves Calvet, Bassam Jamous
Ancient site.condition: Ruins
Ancient site.ownership: Public
Ancient site.public_access: Yes
Ancient site.native_name_lang: uga

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Commons category: Ugarit
inception: 6000-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1190-00-00
P8168: Geoff Petrie
native label: 𐎜𐎂𐎗𐎚

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Contents

History
Neolithic, Chalcolithic Age
Early Bronze Age
Middle Bronze Age
Middle Bronze I
Middle Bronze IIA
Middle Bronze IIB
Late Bronze Age
Destruction
Rulers
Archaeology
Discovery and excavations
Cuneiform tablets
Royal palace
Acropolis
The House of Alabaster Vessels
Ras Ibn Hani and Minet el Beida
The Temple of Rhyton
Language and literature
Alphabet
Ugaritic language
Ugaritic literature
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Ugarit is north of the Syrian city Latakia; at its zenith it ruled an area roughly equivalent to the modern Latakia Governorate. The ruins are often called "Ras Shamra" or "Tell Shamra" after the local place names.