One surviving artifact from this culture is a carnelian bead sent as a diplomatic token to Senusret I of Egypt. Claude Schaeffer, its first professional archaeologist, excavated here for forty years, and it used a cuneiform language transformed into a augmented abjad alphabet unrelated to Akkadian. Literary texts from this Amorite city include the story of a son of El who breaks a promise with the sea goddess Athirat and one whose hero gets into a series of conflicts over a magic bow; those are the Legends of Keret and Danel. Another text was commissioned by Niqmaddu II and tells of one god's battles with the sea god Yam and the death spirit Mot, that being the Baal Cycle. One text from this
One surviving artifact from this culture is a carnelian bead sent as a diplomatic token to Senusret I of Egypt. Claude Schaeffer, its first professional archaeologist, excavated here for forty years, and it used a cuneiform language transformed into a augmented abjad alphabet unrelated to Akkadian. Literary texts from this Amorite city include the story of a son of El who breaks a promise with the sea goddess Athirat and one whose hero gets into a series of conflicts over a magic bow; those are the Legends of Keret and Danel. Another text was commissioned by Niqmaddu II and tells of one god's battles with the sea god Yam and the death spirit Mot, that being the Baal Cycle. One text from this city is the plea for help to the Cypriot kingdom of Alashiya by its last king, Ammurapi. Located on the Ras Shamra headland, it was destroyed by the Sea Peoples. For 10 points, identify this city contemporaneous with the Hittite Empire, a port city in modern-day Syria at its height from about 1450-1200 BC.
One surviving artifact from this culture is a carnelian bead sent as a diplomatic token to Senusret I of Egypt.
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