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title: Baal Cycle Tablets
author: Mbzt
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9403/baal-cycle-tablets/
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license: GNU Free Documentation License (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.en.html)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Baal Cycle Tablets

_Authored by Mbzt_

## Image File

[![Baal Cycle Tablets](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/9403.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/9403.jpg)

## Image Caption

Clay tablets engraved with [cuneiform](https://www.worldhistory.org/cuneiform/) [script](https://www.worldhistory.org/script/) preserving the Ugaritic poem known as the [Baal](https://www.worldhistory.org/baal/) Cycle, a story featuring gods from Canaanite-[Phoenician religion](https://www.worldhistory.org/Phoenician_Religion/). The Baal Cycle tells the story of the sea [god](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/) [Yamm](https://www.worldhistory.org/Yamm/)'s conflict with the fertility god Baal, his defeat, and Baal’s supremacy over chaos and [death](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Death/). The tablets containing the Baal Cycle were unearthed in the excavation of [Ugarit](https://www.worldhistory.org/ugarit/) (in modern-day [Syria](https://www.worldhistory.org/syria/)) following the ancient [city](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/)’s discovery in 1928 CE. These tablets date to c. 1500 BCE but are thought to have been a written record of a much older story passed down by oral transmission.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Mbzt. (2018, November 02). Baal Cycle Tablets. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9403/baal-cycle-tablets/>
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### MLA
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## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P1180250_Louvre_Langue_ougaritique_Tablette_poeme_mythologique_AO16641_et_16642_rwk.jpg) by [**Mbzt**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P1180250_Louvre_Langue_ougaritique_Tablette_poeme_mythologique_AO16641_et_16642_rwk.jpg). Submitted by [Emma Groeneveld](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/emmagroeneveld1/ "User Page: Emma Groeneveld"), published on 02 November 2018. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [GNU Free Documentation License](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.en.html). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.