Keilschrift Texte aus Ugarit
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Keilschrift Texte aus Ugarit or KTU is the standard source reference collection for the cuneiform
texts from Ugarit
. (Keil is the German for wedge, Schrift for writing.)
The editors include Manfried Dietrich (born in Yuanjiang
, China, 6 Nov. 1935) of the University of Munster
Institut für Altorientalische Philologie, Oswald Loretz, and Joaquín Sanmartín of the University of Barcelona
.
The abbreviation is usually used according to the German, KTU² with ² indicating the second edition: Dietrich, Loretz, and Sanmartin. The Cuneiform Alphabetic Texts from Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani and Other Places. Münster 1995. Occasionally the abbreviation CAT is also used for the second edition, though this is less common.
The KTU cataloguing system overlaps with two earlier systems:
Cuneiform
Cuneiform can refer to:*Cuneiform script, an ancient writing system originating in Mesopotamia in the 4th millennium BC*Cuneiform , three bones in the human foot*Cuneiform Records, a music record label...
texts from Ugarit
Ugarit
Ugarit was an ancient port city in the eastern Mediterranean at the Ras Shamra headland near Latakia, Syria. It is located near Minet el-Beida in northern Syria. It is some seven miles north of Laodicea ad Mare and approximately fifty miles east of Cyprus...
. (Keil is the German for wedge, Schrift for writing.)
The editors include Manfried Dietrich (born in Yuanjiang
Yuanjiang
Yuanjiang can refer to the following places in China:*Yuanjiang, Hunan *Yuanjiang, Yunnan Yuanjiang can also refer to:*The Yuan River in China*The Red River in China and Vietnam...
, China, 6 Nov. 1935) of the University of Munster
University of Münster
The University of Münster is a public university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The WWU is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, a society of Germany's leading research universities...
Institut für Altorientalische Philologie, Oswald Loretz, and Joaquín Sanmartín of the University of Barcelona
University of Barcelona
The University of Barcelona is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia in Spain. It is a member of the Coimbra Group, LERU, European University Association, Mediterranean Universities Union, International Research Universities Network and Vives Network...
.
The abbreviation is usually used according to the German, KTU² with ² indicating the second edition: Dietrich, Loretz, and Sanmartin. The Cuneiform Alphabetic Texts from Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani and Other Places. Münster 1995. Occasionally the abbreviation CAT is also used for the second edition, though this is less common.
The KTU cataloguing system overlaps with two earlier systems:
- UT - Cyrus Gordon Ugaritic textbook Rome (1965)
- CTA - Andrée Herdner Corpus tablettes alphabetiques Paris (1963).