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Drawing of Ugaritic




Drawing of Ugaritic


Drawing of Ugaritic text RS 34.131. The text records a list of towns followed by a number of persons in each town. The document is probably a census. Functionally similar lists may also reverse the order of persons and their towns. Biblical texts contain several lists that resemble the administrative place name lists. From RSO 7 pl. 2.

Biblical Archaeologist: Volume 59 1-4 2001 : 166. Print.

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