Die mythologischen und kultischen Texte aus Ras Schamra [Bibliotheca Orientalis Hungarica, VIII]

Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1964. Second edition. Hardcover. fair. Quarto. 113, [1]pp. Original burgundy red cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Publisher's logo on spine and title page. This remarkable study on the mythological and ritual texts found at Ras Shamra (northern Syria) sheds a great deal of light upon the cultic life of the city between 1450 BC and 1200 BC. Binding sunned on spine and along edges. Gold lettering on spine partly faded. Minor remnants of tape on endpapers. Moderate age-toning along paper margin. Text in German. Binding in overall fair, interior in fair to good- condition.