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Urtenu and his house

A reference page linking a name, group, or concept to the materials that discuss it.

Ugaritic figure close to court and commerce, associated with a south-central archive; family and personal texts helped identify its owner.

Modern grouping of evidence types from Urtenu’s house in the selected 1995 pages; not a room plan or complete archive census
Modern grouping of evidence types from Urtenu’s house in the selected 1995 pages; not a room plan or complete archive censusIL Archive · original diagram · CC BYImage source

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Discoveries from 1973 onward yielded administrative documents, letters, lexical material and ritualRitualAn organised or distinguished practice meaningful to a community; it may leave traces, but its form alone does not reveal an associated doctrine.Glossary · Click to read the explanation texts. The 1995 study explains how a family letter and protective text found in 1992 strengthened the link to Urtenu, alongside earlier palace evidence. [1]

The collection reflects varied activities rather than one doctrinal book. Naming the house identifies an association with its owner, not authorship of every document. The diagram classifies evidence and is not an excavated room plan.

References and notes

  1. Pierre Bordreuil and Florence Malbran-Labat (1995). Les archives de la maison d’Ourtenou. CRAI 139(2), 443–451. DOI: 10.3406/crai.1995.15480. Pp. 443–444 only: 1973 discoveries, lists/letters/lexical/funerary texts and 1992 identification evidence. Pp. 445–451 not claimed read. Return to the text ↑

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  1. Edition 2 · 11 October 2026 · editor:aladmin

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IL Archive, «Urtenu and his house», Edition 2, https://ilarchive.com/en/entities/urtenu