TY - JOUR
T1 - Ugarit and the Southern levantine Sea-Ports
AU - Vidal, Jordi
N1 - Funding information:
This paper has been produced in the context of the research project "Análisis lingüístico de las inscripciones reales neobabilónicas" (BFF 2003-08425) directed by Dr. Rocío da Riva. I am very grateful to Ester Blay for the help granted in writing this paper.
PY - 2006/8/1
Y1 - 2006/8/1
N2 - The texts studied in this paper show that the extent of the commercial and political relationships between Ugarit and the Phoenician cities, particularly Tyre, was far superior to that of the ties with the Southern Levantine sea-ports. However, the importance of the commercial ties between Ugarit and Ashdod may be de fined using the written sources. In fact, if our interpretation of RS 19.96 is correct, the intensity of the contacts between both cities even led to the establishment of an Ashdodite merchant station in Ugarit, from which their commercial affairs were structured.
AB - The texts studied in this paper show that the extent of the commercial and political relationships between Ugarit and the Phoenician cities, particularly Tyre, was far superior to that of the ties with the Southern Levantine sea-ports. However, the importance of the commercial ties between Ugarit and Ashdod may be de fined using the written sources. In fact, if our interpretation of RS 19.96 is correct, the intensity of the contacts between both cities even led to the establishment of an Ashdodite merchant station in Ugarit, from which their commercial affairs were structured.
KW - Late Bronze Age trade
KW - merchant stations
KW - Ugarit
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U2 - 10.1163/156852006778388781
DO - 10.1163/156852006778388781
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84856639542
SN - 0022-4995
VL - 49
SP - 269
EP - 279
JO - Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient
JF - Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient
IS - 3
ER -