“ Such was its fame, ” comments Georges Roux in his book Ancient Iraq, “that the King of Ugarit, on the Syrian coast, did not hesitate to send his son 600 kilometres [370 miles] inland for the sole purpose of visiting ‘ the house of Zimri - Lim. ’ ”
ولدخول هذا الصرح الحصين ،‏ كان الزوّار يمرّون عبر هذا المدخل ويصِلون الى باحة فسيحة .‏