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"Below
is one example of a sacrifice from the myths of Ugarit, the
major Canaanite city where an extensive number of tablets
have been found. It is from Keret, the story of King Keret
who despairs of ever having a son."
Copyright 1997, 1999 by Lilinah biti-Anat Qadash
Kinahnu: A Canaanite-Phoenician Temple http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/2938/
The
Sacrifice of King Keret from "KERET"
(circa 14th centure BCE.)
Enter
the shade of a pavilion. [li. 65]
Take a lamb in thy hand,
A lamb of sacrifice in thy right hand;
A kid in the grasp of both of them,
All of thy food the choicest.
Take a ?turtle dove?, [li.70]
Bird of sacrifice.
In a vessel of silver pour wine,
Honey in a vessel of gold.
Go up on the tower;
And mount the shoulder of the wall; [li.75]
Lift up thy hands to heaven,
Sacrifice to The Bull, thy father El;
Honor Baal with thy sacrifice,
The Son of Dagan with thine oblations.
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