ABSTRACT
First published in UF 31 (1999) 853-87. (This essay was a revision and extension of an earlier piece, Just how ‘divine’ were the kings of Ugarit? published in J. Sanmartín, M. Molina and I.M. Rowe (eds) Arbor Scientiae. Estudios del próximo Oriente Antiguo dedicados a Gregorio del Olmo Lete con ocasión de su 65 aniversario (AuOr 17-18, Madrid: CSIC, 2000) 133-41.
