The Amorite Dynasty of Ugarit

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In The Amorite Dynasty of Ugarit Mary Buck pursues a nuanced view of populations in the Bronze Age Levant, with the objective of understanding the ancient polity of Ugarit as a kin-based culture that shares close ties with neighbouring Amorite populations. Contents Acknowledgements Figures and Tables Abbreviations Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 History of the Site of Ugarit 1.2 Methodological Approach 1.3 Material and Linguistic Sources: an Interdisciplinary Approach to History 1.4 Uncharted Areas and Blind Spots: Aim and Trajectory of the Present Study Chapter 2 Amorites, Canaanites, and the Emergence of Urbanism 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Interpretations for the Patterns of Urbanism 2.3 The Genetic Classification of Ugaritic in the Semitic Language Tree 2.4 The Historical Convergence of Material Culture and Linguistic Subgrouping Chapter 3 Methodology and Terminology 3.1 Archaeological Corpus, Methodology, and Definitions 3.2 Historical Terminology 3.2.1 Ugarit 3.2.2 Amurru/Amorite 3.2.3 Canaanites and the Land of Canaan 3.3 Linguistic Corpus, Methodology, and Definitions 3.4 Linguistic Terminology 3.4.1 Ugaritic 3.4.2 Amorite (Western Amorite and Classical Amorite) 3.4.3 Canaanite Languages 3.5 Conclusion Chapter 4 The Amorite Cultural Koiné 4.1 Archaeological Overview 4.1.1 Prehistory 4.1.2 Middle Bronze Age 4.1.3 Late Bronze Age 4.1.3.1 Lower City (Ville basse) 4.1.3.2 City Center (Centre de la ville) 4.1.3.3 North Palace (Palais nord) and House of the Ovens (Maison aux fours) 4.1.3.4 Acropolis (Acropole) 4.1.4 Conclusion 4.2 Middle Bronze IIB-Late Bronze I Material Assemblage of Ugarit 4.2.1 Fortifications 4.2.2 Palace Organizational System 4.2.3 Migdāl Temple Construction 4.2.4 Glyptic Evidence 4.2.5 Non-Material Cultural Comparisons 4.2.5.1 Calendar 4.2.5.2 The Ritual Use of Donkeys 4.2.5.3 Pagrû Sacrifices 4.2.5.4 Dagan 4.3 The Amorite Material Koiné 4.3.1 Emulation, Exchange, or Migration 4.3.2 Amorite Migrations into Canaan Chapter 5 Northwest Semitic in the Bronze Age Levant 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Methodological Challenges 5.2.1 West Semitic in an Imported Script 5.2.2 The Challenge of Using Personal Names in Dialectology 5.2.3 The Benefit of Using Personal Names in Dialectology 5.3 Methodological Approach 5.4 Central Semitic 5.4.1 Ugaritic as a Central Semitic Language 5.4.2 Western Amorite as a Central Semitic Language 5.5 Northwest Semitic 5.5.1 Ugaritic as a Northwest Semitic Language 5.5.2 Western Amorite as a Northwest Semitic Language 5.6 Aramaic and Canaanite Subbranches 5.6.1 Ugaritic and Western Amorite Compared with Aramaic 5.6.2 Ugaritic Compared with the Canaanite Languages 5.6.3 Western Amorite Compared with the Canaanite Languages 5.7 Historical Evidence for the Canaanite Languages 5.8 Unique Features of Western Amorite 5.8.1 Dissimilation of Gemination by Nasalization 5.8.2 Retention of Proto-Semitic Determinative Pronoun *ḏV 5.8.3 Devoicing/Desonorization in Proximity to Voiceless Consonants 5.8.4 Lack of the Definite Article 5.8.5 Assimilation of nun to the Following Consonant 5.8.6 Consonantal Inventory of Western Amorite 5.9 The Genetic Subgrouping of Western Amorite 5.10 Western Amorite Onomastic Evidence for the Middle Bronze Pantheon 5.11 Conclusion Chapter 6 Conclusion 6.1 Historic Emergence of Ugarit, Canaan, and the Amorites 6.2 Middle Bronze Age Material Assemblage of Ugarit 6.3 Development of the Northwest Semitic Languages in the Bronze Age 6.4 The Local Amorite Dynasty of Ugarit: Historical Conclusions 6.5 Legacy of Complexity: Historical Implications Appendix A: Western Amorite Corpus Appendix B: Western Amorite Lexicon Bibliography Subject Index