The above Ugarit inscription is an Alphabet Chart showing all of the Ugarit letters in order (Ugarit is read from left to right). Not only is this helpful in knowing the actual Ugarit alphabet but also shows that the modern order of the Hebrew alphabet has not changed. There are eight additional letters in the Ugarit alphabet that are not in the Hebrew alphabet, two of which are vowels. It may be possible that these were originally in the Hebrew alphabet but were later dropped (not an uncommon occurence in the evolution of alphabets around the world). The tablet is missing three letters, the 13th, 14th and 25th letters, and may be broken off the right end of the tablet.

When comparing the pictographic Hebrew script with the Ugarit cuneiform, we find that several of them are virtually identical supporting the idea that this cuneiform was derived out of the older pictographic script. Below are a some examples of the similarities.

Beyt Dalet upside down Hey side ways

Vav side ways Kaph side ways Nun side ways

Samech Quph Resh side ways

Name	Pictographic Hebrew	Ugarit Cuneiform	Ugarit Sound
Aleph			a
Beyt			b
Gimel			g
			j
Dalet			d
Hey			h
Vav			w
Zayin			z
Chet			ch
Tet			t
Yud			y
Kaph			k
			s
Lamed			l
Mem			m
			d
Nun			n
			z
Samech			s
Ayin			gh
Pey			p
Tsade			ts
Quph			q
Resh			r
Shin			sh
Ghah			g
Tav			t
			i, e
			o, u
			s