Part II: Ba’al Celebrates His Victory Over Yahm
For this part of the myth, i have compared the transliterations of de Moor and Driver with translations by Cassuto, Coogan, Gaster, Ginsberg, and Driver as edited by J. C. Gibson. 
 
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 3 A - V AB
Gordon, ’nt, i-iii
Col. i
(ca. 25 lines missing)
 
- "Do not lower [your heads]."
 -  Then Radamin does [serve/service to] Mightiest
 -  Ba’al; he does [wait upon/honor] the Prince, Lord of
 -  the Earth.  He does rise, he sets (the table)/prepares food
 -  and gives it to him to eat;
 -  he divides a breast before him,
 -  with a sharp blade
 -  he does cut up a fatling.  He does get up,
 -  he makes ready a feast and gives him drink;
 -  he places a cup into his hand(s),
 -  a flagon into both his two hands,
 -  a large beaker, great to see, a jar
 -  of [men of heaven (D/G)/ sky folk (Ga)], a holy cup
 -  such as/which should never woman/women see/regard/behold, a goblet
 -  such as/which should never `Athirat set her eye on; a thousand
 -  pitchers he takes of (new autumn) wine,
 -  ten thousand he mixes in - his mixture (D/G)/the mixing bowl (C).
ALT:  16.  barrels it holds, wine enough (Ga)
         17.  to be mixed in ten thousand portions. While he is mixing it, (Ga)
 -  One does rise, one chants and sings,
 -  cymbals in the hands of the minstrel;
 -  sings the youngster with a sweet voice
 -  over/of Ba’al in the Heights
 -  of Tsaphon, the North.  Catches sight does Ba’al of
 -  his daughters, he sets his eye on Pidraya
 -  daughter of `Ar/mist/light; also on Talaya
 -  daughter of Rabb/showers/rain; Pidar knows
 -  [- - -]t. `im[-]lt
 -  [- - -?         ]
 -  [     ]rt
  
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[Lacuna of about 20 lines according to Gaster; 
ca. 12-14 lines say Driver/Gibson] 
B 
 
Col. ii
-  There comes she, bathed in the scent
 -  of henna enough for seven maidens, in a scent
 -  of coriander/saffron and ambergris/murex.  Closes the gates
 -  of the house does ’Anat and meets she the messengers
 -  at the base of the mountain.  And lo, ’Anat
 -  gives battle in the valley; Mightily she cuts in pieces the people of
 -  the two cities; She slaughters the people of the Western Shore;
 -  She destroys the men of the Eastern Sunrise.
 -  Beneath her like balls roll heads,
 -  above her like locusts fly palms of hands; like avenging grasshoppers
 -  are the hands of the quick warriors.  She hangs
 -  heads on her back; she binds
 -  hands to her belt.  Up to her knees she wades
 -  in blood of the swift soldiers, to her thighs in the gore
 -  of quick warriors.  With her shafts she drives out
 -  the enemies; with her bow-string the foes.
 -  And lo, ’Anat to her house proceeds;
 -  Betakes herself does the goddess to her palace.
 -  But not sated is she with the fighting in the valley,
 -  by her cutting down the sons of the (two) cities.  She sets up
 -  chairs for swift soldiers; she sets up tables
 -  for troops; footstools for heroes.
 -  Greatly she battles and beholds;
 -  ’Anat hews & cleaves and observes;
 -  Swelled are her innards with laughter, filled
 -  is her heart with joy, the liver of ’Anat with
 -  triumph.  Up to her knees she wades in blood
 -  of swift soldiers, to her thighs in the gore of quick warriors.
 -  until she is sated she fights in the house.
 -  she hews and cleaves amid the tables.  Wiped
 -  from the house is the blood of swift soldiers; Poured (out) is oil
 -  of peace[-offering] (for peace & well-being) from a bowl.  She washes her hands,
 -  Batalat ’Anat, the Maiden; her fingers,
     Yabamat Li`imim: the Kindred of the Peoples (of Ugarit)/ Thousand (Deities);
 -  She washes her hands of the blood of swift soldiers,
 -  her fingers of the gore of quick warriors.
 -  Puts back chairs with chairs, tables
 -  with tables, footstools she puts back with footstools.
 -  She scoops up water and washes,
 -  in dew of the Heavens, oil of the Earth (i.e., fat of the land), rain
 -  from Rider of the Clouds/which pour the clouds; dew that the heavens pour out,
 -  rain the stars pour, spray the stars shed.
 -  She adorns herself with murex/ambergris, one thousand tracts away
 -  its source in the sea.
  
 
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Col. iii 
 
C
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 - a. She takes her lyre in hand,
  
Walls 
4b.  She puts the r`imt-instrument 
5a.	to her breast, sings of love for 
Cassuto 
4b.  [..... passion 
5a.	for his bosom, (Ca-Co) (rightly) for the affection/love of 
Driver 
4b.  She puts corals 
5a.	on her breast, sings of (her) love for 
Gaster 
4b.  hath been implanted 
5a.	(in his breast/ unto the bosom) a feeling of tenderness of 
Mightiest (5b) 
- 
Ba’al, of affection of Pidraya bat `Ar, Flashing Brightningette daughter of Light/Mist
 - of desire of Talaya bat Rab, Dewie daughter of Distillation/Rain, of love of `Aretsaya
 - bat Ya’abdar, Earthie daughter of Wide/Broad [Flow/Flood/Expanse/Field].  Forthwith, O pages,
 - and enter; at the feet of ’Anat bow
 - and fall down; prostrate yourselves, do homage unto her,
 - And bring word to Batalat ’Anat, the Maiden,
 - repeat to Yabamat Li`imim, the Kindred of the Peoples (of Ugarit)/ Sister-in-law of the Thousand (Deities):
 - "Message of Mighty `Aliyan Ba’al Puissant, word of the Mightiest of Warriors:
 
"Withdraw/Banish/Remove from//Put in/on the earth
 -  war(fare)//an offering of loaves, Set in the land/dust mandrakes of love,
 -  pour forth peace(-offerings) in the midst of the earth,
 -  rain honey from a pot like a libation of love in the heart of the fields.
 -  You hurry! Your hasten! You rush!
 - to me thy feet let run; to me
 -  let hasten thy legs.  Truly a tale
 -  I have that I would tell thee,
 -  a word that I would recount to thee, a tale
 -  of trees and a whisper/charm of stones
 -  the sighing/murmur of the Heavens to the Earth,
 -  of the Seeps to the Stars,
 -  I understand lightning not known to the Heavens,
 -  a tale not known to humankind, nor yet understood
 -  by the multitudes of the Earth.  Come, pray, and I myself
 -  shall reveal it, in the midst of my mountain, the divine Tsaphon of the North,
 -  in the holy place, the mountain of my inheritance, in the pleasant place, the hill of my triumph."
 -  Behold, ’Anat espies the two gods, On her, her feet
 -  stumble/shake/start to tap, behind her/roundabout her loins/back/hips seems as if about to burst/ crack/ shatter/ break,
 -  above her face sweats, she convulses/trembles/shakes the joints
 -  of her hips/backside, the muscles of/become weak/ quivers - her back/spine. [Comment: the standard reaction of a female character to an unexpected visit]
 
She lifts up
 -  her voice and cries: Why have Gapen and `Ugar come?
 -  What foe does rise against Ba’al, enemy
 -  against the Rider on the Clouds? Did I not demolish the darling
 -  of `El, Yam the Sea?  Did I not make an end of/finish off Nahar the River the great god divine Rabim (C)
 -  Did I not snare the Dragon, vanquish/envelope  him?
 -  I did demolish the Wriggling/Twisting/Tortuous Serpent,
 -  the Tyrant with Seven Heads;
 -  I did demolish the Darling of the gods, `Arsh, Desire (C),
 -  I did silence/annihilate the Calf divine/of `El, ’Atik, the Quarrelsome, the Rebellious One
 -  I did destroy the Bitch of the gods, `Ishat, the Firey,
 -  I did make an end of/finish off the daughter of `El, Zabib/ Zebub, the Flame.
 
[ He did fight (D/G)/I battled] for the silver (C)/I will again do battle (Ga) and
 -  was dispossessed/I took possession/will possess me of gold
 
 who banished/of him that would thrust (Ga)/Has driven been (C) - Ba’al 
 
Col. iv
- from the Heights of Tsaphon, the North, who stops/pecks like a bird,
 -  his ear, [who drove/have they driven/that would drive] him from the throne of his kingdom,
 -  from (the cushion on/his dais, from) the seat of his dominion.
 -  What foe then rises against Ba’al, what enemy against the Rider on the Clouds?’
 -  And the servitors do answer and give reply:  "No foe rises
 -  against Ba’al, enemy against the Rider on the Clouds.
 -  The message of Mighty Ba’al, the word of the Mightiest
 -  among Warriors: "Withdraw/Banish/Remove from the earth war//Put in/on the earth an offering of loaves
 -  Set in the land/dust mandrakes of love, pour forth peace(-offerings)
 -  in the midst of the earth, rain honey from a pot like a libation of love in the heart of the fields.
 -  Hurry; hasten; rush! to me thy feet
 - let run; to me let hasten thy legs.
 - Truly a tale I have that I would tell thee, a word
 - that I would recount to thee, a tale of trees and a whisper/charm
 - of stones; a tale not known by humankind, nor yet understood
 - by the multitudes of the earth.  The sighing/murmur of the Heavens to the Earth,
 - of the Deeps to the Stars, I understand lightning
 - not known to the Heavens.  Come, pray, and I myself
 - shall reveal it, in the midst of my mountain, the divine Tsaphon of the North,
 - in the holy place, in the mountain of my inheritance."
 - And answers Maiden ’Anat, replies
 - Yabamat Li`imim:  "Shall even I [(withdraw/banish/remove from)//(put in/on)]
 - the earth [war//an offering of loaves], shall I set in the land
 - mandrakes of love, shall I pour peace in the midst of the earth,
 - rain honey from a pot like a libation of love on the heart of the fields? Let set
 - in the heavens Ba’al his thunder-bolt,
 - let him kindle/cause to shine forth [ name ] his (lightning-)flash! Then shall I
 - withdraw/banish/remove from the earth war//put in the earth an offering of loaves
 - I shall set in the land/dust mandrakes of love, I shall pour
 -  peace(-offerings) in the midst of the earth, rain honey from a pot like a libation of love
 - in the heart of the fields. Also one more word
 - I will say: Be off, be off/Go, go, servitors divine!
 - You remain/delay/are slow while/but I do quit/depart
  
Driver/Gibson 
78. `Ughar for the most distant of gods, `Inbab 
79a. for the most distant of ghosts, 
Coogan 
78. Is not my mountain far from `El, My cave 
79a. far from the gods? 
Gaster 
78. To the city, to the distant gods, off to H-n-b-b!	 
79a. Off to the distant netherworld gods, 
Mark Smith 
78. `Ughar is indeed far, O Gods, `inbvbi 
79a. is indeed far, O Deities: 
 
- b. two layers/lengths
 - beneath the wells/springs of the earth, [three spans beneath its/ Three, the expanse/ stretches of] marshes/caves/hollows
 -  Then indeed she sets her face towards Ba’al in the Heights of Tsaphon, the North,
 -  across a thousand fields, ten thousand tracts.
 -  The coming of his sister Ba’al espies, the swift approach
 -  of the daughter-in-law of his father. He does remove the women from his presence
 -  and does set an ox before her, a fatling too
 -  in front of her.  She scoops up water and washes,
 -  in dew of the Heavens, oil of the Earth [fat of the land], dew that the heavens pour out,
 -  rain the stars pour/spray the stars shed.
 -  She adorns herself with murex/ambergris, one thousand tracts away is its source in the sea.
 -  with dew [   ]
   
(ca. 15 lines) 
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E
reverse of a small fragment which has the last few lines of  N T I
X.   But there is not 
1*. a house for Ba’al like the gods, no court 
 
-  like the sons of `Athirat.  The dwelling of `El the shelter
 -  of his son; the dwelling of Lady `Athirat of the sea
 -  the dwelling of Pidraya bat `Ar, Flashing Brightningette daughter Light/Mist, the shelter
 - of Talaya bat Rabb, Dewie daughter of Rain, the dwelling of `Artsaya, Earthie,
 -  daughter of ya’abdar, the Broad/Wide Flow/Flood/Expanse/Field, the dwelling of the brides
 -  noble/perfect/beautiful/bewitching.  And Maiden ’Anat answers:
 -  "Attend to me, will Bull `El my father;
 -  he will attend to me and I will tell him what I shall do.
  
Col. v
-  I shall surely drag him like a lamb to the ground,
 -  I shall make his grey hairs run with blood, the grey hairs of his beard
 -  with gore, if he gives not Ba’al a house like the gods
 -  and a court like the sons of `Athirat." She plants/ stamps her feet
 -  and [quake does(D/G)/leaves (C)] the earth; then indeed she sets her face
 -  towards `El at the source of the two rivers, in the midst of the springs/pool of
 -  the two oceans double deeps; she [penetrates the mountains (D/G)/opens the pavillion (C)] of `El and enters
 
[Lilinah's Comment:  Scholars vary in opinion whether this should be mountain or tent/pavillion. Bearing in mind the stature of `El, and the tendency in the literature of many Semitic cultures to employ plays-on-words, perhaps both meanings are implied]
 -  the massif/shrine of the king, Father of Years/Time mtsr
 -  she enters the mountains   [ qn[-]`a[-]n[- -]lt ]
 -  The Bull `El her father hears her voice; . . . . . . . . . .
 -  from the seven chambers, through the eight entrances
 -  of the closed room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 -  he does look . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 -  above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 -  at the feet of the pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 -  much . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 -  Shapash, the luminary/torch of the gods, [does glow hot/is obscured by dust];
 -  the heavens are wearied by the hand of divine Mot.
 -  And Maiden ’Anat speaks: "In the building of your mansion,
 -  O `El, in the building of your mansion do not rejoice,
 -  do not rejoice in the raising/height of your palace,
 -  lest I seize them with my right hand, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 -  by the might of my long arm, lest I smash
 -  your head, make your grey hairs run with blood,
 -  the grey hairs of your beard with gore."  Answers
 -  `El from the seven chambers, through the eight
 -  entrances of the closed room:  "I know, daughter, that you are - like men/gentle -
 -  and that there exists not among goddesses - contempt (D/G)/ restraint (C) - like yours. What do you desire,
 
[Lilinah's Commentary: it is possible that the conflicting meanings are again implied as a play on words]
 -  O Maiden ’Anat?" And Maiden ’Anat answers:
 -  "Your decree, `El, is wise; your wisdom
 -  is everlasting eternal. A life of good fortune is your decree.
 -  our king is Mightiest Ba’al, our judge,
 -  there is none over him/higher. [We two/All of us] his chalice
 -  would/must bear, [we two/all of us] would/must bear his cup."
 -  Groaning he indeed cries out to (D/G)/Cries loudly does (C) Bull `El his/her father, to `El,
 -  the king who installed/created him/her, he cries out to (D/G)/Cries does (C) `Athirat
 -  and her sons, `Elat the goddess and the company of her kinsfolk:
 -  "But there is not a house for Ba’al like the gods
 -  no court like the sons of `Athirat. The dwelling of `El,
 -  the shelter of his son; the dwelling of Lady `Athirat
 -  of the sea, the dwelling of Pidraya bat `Ar, Flashing Brightnignette, daughter of Mist/Light,
 -  the shelter of Talaya bat Rabb, Dewie daughter of showers, the dwelling
 -  of `Artsaya bat ya’abdar, Earthie daughter of the broad/wide floods/expanse/field, the dwelling
 -  of the brides noble/perfect/beautiful/bewitching" . . .
  
(ca. 22 lines) 
F 
 
Col. vi
(ca. 10 lines) 
-  . . . . . . . . . . . b
 -  . . . . . . . . . . . `ishk
 -  . . . . . . . . . . .  bn ’nkm
 -  . . . . . . . . . . .  `alp
 -  . . . . . . . . . . .  ym.rbt
 -  . . . . . . . . . . .  bnhrm
 -  Cross Byblos, cross
 -  Qa’al/Qeilah, cross the islands
 - of Noph [of the heavens/on the far horizon].  Start away,
 -  O Fisherman of `Athirat,
 -  advance, Qodesh and `Amrur, Holy and Most Blessed One;
 -  Then of a truth do thou set
 -  thy face towards heq.k.ptah (= Memphis in Egypt)
 -  all broad (D/G)/the god of it all (C), Kaphtor (= Crete)
 -  the throne on which he sits, heq.k.ptah (= Memphis in Egypt)
 -  the land of his inheritance.
 -  Traversing a thousand fields, ten thousand
 -  spaces/acres, at the feet of Kothar
 -  do homage and bow down, prostrate
 -  thyself and do honor to him;
 -  and tell to Kothar-
 -  and-Khasis, repeat to Hayani,
 -  skilled worker by hand, the Clever Craftsman:
 -  The message of Mightiest Ba’al,
 -  the word of the Mightiest of Warriors:
  
(ca. 20 lines)
(2) III AB A 
 
d. Fragment b
Placed immediately before II AB 
(the numbers were assigned by scholars as they examined the tablets and do not necessarily indicate the order in which they were originally read)  
- "Homage to Lady `Athirat of the Sea,
 
 - Obeisance to the Progenitress of the Gods,
 
 -  (So) she will give a house to Ba’al like the gods',
 
 -  And a court like `Athirat's sons'."  To his lads/pages
 
 -  surely Ba’al loudly cries: "Look,
 
 
 -  [gpn. w`ugr. b’glmt]
 -  [’mm. ym. bn. zlmt]
 -  rmt. pr’t.  `ibr [mnt ]
 -  ts-chrrm. chblm. b’rpt
 -  tcht. bshmm. ’tsrm. cht
 -  [ - - glt.  `isr - - - ] m
 -  [brq - - - -    ymtm - ] h
  
Ginsberg's translations for the damaged lines:
-  Gapan and `Ugar, sons of ’Ghulumat,
 
 -  ’Amamis twain, sons of Zulumat
 
 -  The stately, wing-spreading, . . . ;
 
 -  Winged ones twain, flock of clouds,
 
 -  Beneath [ . . . ]; Birdlike ones twain,
 
 -  . . .  snow . . . flock of
 
 -  . . . "
  
Driver & Gibson translate thus:
-  Gupn and `Ugar, in obscurity
 
 -  is veiled the daylight; veiled in darkness
 
 -  is the princess exalted. The pinions of [-----------]
 
 -  blazing are veiled. Flocks in the clouds,
 
 -  are circling round. In the heavens birds are circling round
 
 -  . . .  the snow I shall bind
 
 -  the lightning [....................]
  
Gaster interprets:
-  Gupen and `Ugar, amid the darkness
 
 -  where daylight is obscured,
 
 -  Amid the tall  shaggy ostriches,
 
 -  the sun-scorched places where rain clouds
 
 -  . . .
 -  . . . 
 -  . . . 
  
(obscure beginnings of 5 more lines) 
 
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